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The changing colours from summer to autumn are inspiration for poetry and photography everywhere but it seems that the darker mornings are a growing problem for more and more people in the UK. According to BetterYou, a health supplements company who are supporting partners of Vitamin D Awareness Week and are working to raise awareness of the UK’s vitamin D deficiency pandemic; there was Government Sponsored a report that found that those living in the UK cannot obtain enough vitamin D during the winter months to maintain healthy levels and now recommends that everyone in the UK supplement through October to March.
Vitamin D is crucial for maintaining healthy bones, as well as a healthy immune system, but an estimated 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 6 children are thought to be deficient. Common symptoms of deficiency including regular coughs and colds, headaches, fatigue, aching muscles and joints and seasonal affective disorder. According to NHS Choices, a lack of vitamin D can lead to bone deformities such as rickets in children, and bone pain caused by a condition called osteomalacia in adults. Between October and early March we don't get enough vitamin D from sunlight. Vitamin D is also found in a small number of foods including; Oily fish, red meat, egg yolks, fortified foods and dietary supplements.
To raise awareness during Vitamin D awareness week, BetterYou are providing more information a vitamin D test kit and have available vitamin D oral sprays to help you feel better.
Vitamin D is crucial for maintaining healthy bones, as well as a healthy immune system, but an estimated 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 6 children are thought to be deficient. Common symptoms of deficiency including regular coughs and colds, headaches, fatigue, aching muscles and joints and seasonal affective disorder. According to NHS Choices, a lack of vitamin D can lead to bone deformities such as rickets in children, and bone pain caused by a condition called osteomalacia in adults. Between October and early March we don't get enough vitamin D from sunlight. Vitamin D is also found in a small number of foods including; Oily fish, red meat, egg yolks, fortified foods and dietary supplements.
To raise awareness during Vitamin D awareness week, BetterYou are providing more information a vitamin D test kit and have available vitamin D oral sprays to help you feel better.