Vitamin's on SALE!!

Happy belated hump day everyone! I hope you are having as nice of weather as I am here(I'm actually typing this on my patio).

Its important to stay healthy. Part of staying healthy is making sure that you get enough daily vitamins and minerals, which is why I thought I'd talk about a vitamin today. Did I mention how nice it is outside today? Spending time outside, especially when its nice and sunny, is an excellent way to get your daily intake of vitamin D. When the natural ultraviolet rays from the sun hit your skin, your body turns a chemical in your skin into D3. The D3 is transported to your liver where it is turned into the active vitamin D! Pretty interesting huh?

What you need to know about Vitamin D

• You have to be outside to get vitamin D from the sunlight. The UV rays that catalyzes the production of vitamin D cant cross through glass, so you have to be outside for this to work.
• Lighter skinned people need less sun exposure than do darker skinned people.
• To get the same amount of vitamin D from milk, as you get from the sun, you would have to drink more than 10 glasses of whole milk!
• Your body NEEDS vitamin D to process calcium. Without it, the calcium is going to waste. Vitamin D promotes the absorbtion of calcium in your intestines, where it is transported to your bones helping to keep them strong.
• Research has shown that vitamin D helps to prevent cancer. Vitamin D regulates the growth of cells, restricts blood supply to tumors, increases the death of cancer cells, and reduces the unlimited growth that is characterized by cancer cells.
• Most people do NOT get enough of this FREE vitamin! You need sun exposure for 10-30 minutes at least twice a week to get recommended amounts of Vitamin D.

Who woulda thought that you could be healthy while tanning? Enjoy a beautiful day, and get yourself some free vitamin D!

Thank ya for reading,

Eliza