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Vitamin D – the sunshine vitamin is essential for good bone, skin and mental health.
- Supports absorption of essential minerals, most important being Calcium.
- Aids in regulating insulin secretion
- Helps in regulating cell differentiation
The vitamin D deficiency test should be taken when you have a few of the following symptoms or conditions:
- Bone And Muscular Pain:
When you feel the joint pain more than often, when there is a decrease in the muscular size, reduced endurance to pain and getting tired and fatigue faster after your normal daily physical activity and workouts, there are more chances that your Vitamin D levels have come down in your body.
- Crankiness, and Depression
When you tend to have mood swings without any reason, sadness or feel mentally stressed out, it need not be just due to your periods, it can very well be the case of vitamin D deficiency.
- Sleepiness
Feeling giddy and wanted to sleep anytime, especially during daytime? Studies indicate lack of Vitamin D in your body.
- High Blood Pressure
Vitamin D plays a vital role in regulating insulin secretion and maintaining blood pressure, lower levels of Vitamin D increase the risk of High Blood Pressure.
- Renal Or Intestinal Problems
Women with gut disorders such as IBS (bowel movement problem) may be Vitamin D deficient, because of inadequate of fat absorption.
- Obesity and Age
Obese and overweight women need more than normal levels of Vitamin D. Skin doesn’t take in the required levels of Vitamin D as one gets older say more than 50, so if you are obese or old, or both, it is better you check the Vitamin D levels in your body.
- Sweating in the head
One of the most important signs of Vitamin D deficiency is excessive or abnormal sweating in the head.
Prevention Is Better Than Cure
The richest source of Vitamin D is sunlight, so walking out, playing out and working out in the open under sunlight can do wonders, keeping you away from Vitamin D deficiency and thus increasing the chances of preventing any diseases that comes from the lack of it.
The other rich sources of the sunshine vitamin are
- Dairy Products: Milk, Curd, Butter, Cheese
- Mushrooms
- Eggs
- Fortified cereals
- Oatmeal
- Orange Juice
- Almonds
- Fishes and Fish Oils: Fatty fishes like Salmon, Trout, Mackerel.