Vitamin D: essentials of absorption - Examiner.com

Vitamin D is an essential vitamin when it comes to health and wellness. Until recently, doctors haven’t been able to recognize the symptoms of being deficient in vitamin D. There are a few foods that you can acquire it from such as Shiitake & Button mushrooms, mackerel, sockeye salmon, herring, sardines, catfish, tuna fish, cod liver oil, and eggs. Foods that deplete your body of vitamin D include Mineral oil, over the counter weight management drugs, antacids and several prescription medications.

The best way to replenish your body’s store of vitamin D is to let your skin be exposed to direct sunlight. The sunlight you’re exposed to can’t pass through any type of glass, so you must actually go outside on a sunny day and expose your skin to the light. The variation of exposure is widespread, since your location on the grid determines how much sunlight exposure you need. The closer you are to the equator, the less exposure you’ll need. You can never have too much vitamin D from natural food or sunlight sources. It regulates in your body and is redistributed into the production of other key nutrients. It’s important to be mindful though of how long you spend out in the sun, so you don’t over-expose yourself.

Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin which means it dissolves in fat within your digestive tract. Digestive enzymes produced and secreted by your liver help to break down molecules of fat in the foods you eat. This digestion process also helps to release Vitamin D from your food so it can be absorbed along with the fatty acids. Decreased absorption of vitamin D can pose a health risk. Your body needs vitamin D to help control calcium metabolism. If you’re taking vitamin D supplements, but test results are not showing higher levels of vitamin D on tests, you may be experiencing trouble with absorption.

If you think you are experiencing a deficiency in vitamin D absorption, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at healthcoach@balancedmindandbody.biz. I specialized in a wide range of health concerns including but not limited to vitamin D deficiency, and the inability to absorb the vitamins you’re supplementing. Typically there is an underlying digestion issue that we can get to the bottom of fairly quickly, and we can do everything over the web. Find out how by reaching out and sending an e-mail. The first consultation is free, easy to schedule and we get to the bottom of all your health concerns and goals.