Bone Up On Vitamin D?

It used to be that people only thought of vitamin D in relation to your bones – vitamin D and calcium are both crucial to bone health. But all that only-bone-focus has changed in just the last few years. Here’s a nice 4 minute summary of some of the white-hot research news on the sunshine vitamin – vitamin D. Put the old sore tootsies up and give it a watch – it’s got some great tips and practical information, such as:

1) Do birth control pills increase or decrease your vitamin D level?

2) Can’t you get enough vitamin D from milk?

3) Is there a link between vitamin D and heart disease?

4) Will sunscreen affect your vitamin D?

Check it out – and get yourself some D-lightful D-tails…

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