Get your vitamin D status checked

With winter upon us and days becoming shorter, have you noticed that your health suffers? The recent debate has been that vitamin D deficiency may be the cause. Vitamin D is manufactured in the skin cells by sunlight; there are food sources such as salmon and mushrooms that also provide vitamin D, but to a much lesser degree. Vitamin D has become a great topic of debate amongst health professionals since recent studies have related cognitive health (ie Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)) and immunity (ie flu) being affected by the winter months. The NHS have recently suggested vitamin D blood tests to be offered to the public.

If you are a sufferer of winter illnesses it would be advised to visit your GP for testing. The NHS can prescribe vitamin D; however, quite often the vitamins can be of a low standard causing them to be less bioavailable. If the results of a test reveal significantly low levels of vitamin D it would be advised to contact a nutritional therapist orcdietitian for further support..