What is the danger of vitamin D deficiency?
Is it worth taking a test for vitamin D deficiency?
It is worth it if you have symptoms of vitamin D deficiency or anxiety about it. To identify a deficit, you need to pass only one analysis – 25 (HE)D. And it is best to contact an endocrinologist with the results and complaints to discuss the treatment regimen.
The norm of vitamin D according to blood tests is from 30 to 100 ng /ml, a content in the range of 10-30 ng /ml indicates a deficiency, and a level of less than 10 ng/ml signals that you have a deficiency.
Do not prescribe your own treatment and do not exceed the dosage prescribed by your doctor. An overdose of vitamin D is more dangerous than its deficiency! The most harmless symptoms in case of overdose will be itching, unquenchable thirst, nervousness and vomiting, and the most terrible – kidney failure and the deposition of calcium salts in the tissues of organs.
As you can see, it’s better not to joke with this vitamin!
Where vitamin D is contained
Under the influence of sunlight, our skin produces vitamin D in the right amount. To do this, it is enough to be in the open sun for only 20 minutes in the period from 11 to 14 o’clock in the afternoon, without hiding your hands and face. This means that for six cold, gloomy months we have to get vitamin D from other sources.
It is possible to get it from food, but it is difficult. First of all, because the list of foods rich in this vitamin is small, and you need to eat them in large quantities to get a daily allowance.
Here are the TOP 7 foods containing vitamin D:
Not everyone can eat 100 grams or more of wild sea fish every day or drink a liter of fortified milk. Therefore, we have to replenish the norm with the help of fish oil or modern dietary supplements, and there is nothing to worry about if you do not exceed the daily norm.
We advise you to spend time in the sun on warm days and do not forget about prevention in the cold season. Moreover, now it is possible to replenish the daily norm of vitamin D with just one spray of vitamin spray 😉 Info taken from the site.