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Do You Need To Take Vitamin D?


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Unfortunately, while almost never diagnosed, vitamin D deficiency affects over half of the population and has been linked to many cancers, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, depression, fibromyalgia, chronic muscle pain, bone loss, and autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis. Vitamin D is almost totally absent from our food supply, and vitamin D deficiencies are the hidden cause of so much suffering—yet it is so easy to treat. 


In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I talk about vitamin D deficiency, share my top strategies for optimal sun safety this summer, and much more.


This episode is brought to you by Rupa University and AG1.


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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

  • Sun exposure, cancer, and oxidative stress (3:20 / 00:50)
  • Why we need vitamin D (4:40 / 3:26) 
  • Vitamin D deficiency (5:05 / 4:12) 
  • Optimal vitamin D levels and doses (7:34 / 5:35) 
  • How your body makes vitamin D (10:59 / 9:19)
  • Supplementing with vitamin D (12:29 / 10:53) 
  • Protecting your skin from the sun (14:25 / 12:46) 
  • Strategies for optimal sun safety (16:20 / 15:03) 

  • Mentioned in this episode

    EWG’s Guide to Sunscreen

    EWG’s Skin Deep



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