Maintaing Your Vitamin D Levels by: Kerri Knox, RN-The Immune Queen!
That's a great question. First of all, did you become Vitamin D Deficient even though you get out in the sun for 1 hour a day already?
Or did you START getting out in sun after you found out you were Vitamin D Deficient?
If you were already getting out in the sun daily before you were diagnosed, then there could be several reasons that you are still Vitamin D Deficient:
You Cover up your Skin
You wear sunscreen
You live North of 37 degrees latitude
You have dark or VERY DARK skin
You are older and don't absorb it as well
You wash with soap within 48 hours of exposure
Even ONE of these could COMPLETELY block any possible Vitamin D that you would get from the sun!!
For the vast majority of people, as your case illustrates, it is most practical to take a Vitamin D Supplement forever and Check Your Vitamin D Level yearly at least- more frequently if you are still Vitamin D Deficient. Then in the summer, you can decrease your Vitamin D intake to account for sun exposure.
Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen Functional Medicine Practitioner Easy Immune Health.com
Vitamin D and Dementia by: Kerri Knox, RN-The Immune Queen!
As far as your other question is concerned, there ARE links to Vitamin D and Dementia.
Several studies have shown that elderly people with Dementia tend to have lower levels of Vitamin D than those without dementia.
But as far as I know, there has been no proof that the Vitamin D Deficiency CAUSES the dementia- although that is certainly a possibility.
But having adequate Vitamin D levels throughout life is being shown to just be more and more important and prevents a whole host of problems- from cancer to fractures to just plain old being able to function well in old age.
It's a pretty seriously important vitamin and you would do well to maintain 'optimal' vitamin D levels throughout life.
Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen Functional Medicine Practitioner Easy Immune Health.com
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