By Janet Shapan

Regardless of your age, science continues to affirm the importance of vitamin d in our diets. Vitamin d deficiency has been linked to depressions, cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes, asthmatic conditions and other autoimmune diseases.

Beyond disease risks, senior people need vitamin d at the correct levels to maintain healthy and strong bones. Historic recommended levels of vitamin d by government sources are insufficient for most people leading to large numbers suffering the consequences of vitamin d deficiency.

Low levels of vitamin d are consistently found among the elderly due to lack of adequate sunshine and this failure appears to contribute to poor moods and depression especially among women.

Today’s behavior patterns among all age categories suggest a deficiency of vitamin d due to a lack of sunshine, but even those who spend time in the sun often apply sunscreen that blocks the essential light needed to stimulate the creation of vitamin d in the body.

Evidence suggests a high quality vitamin d supplement is needed to ensure adequate levels of vitamin d especially among the elderly.

Some people believe they will gain sufficient vitamin d through small amounts of sunshine coupled with the right foods. In reality, food sources perceived to be rich in vitamin d such as fish and eggs offer only small amounts of vitamin d.

The Institute of Medicine suggests a daily dose of 400 IU for people in the age range of 51 to 70 and increasing the dosage to 600IU if you are older than 70. The upper limit is considered 2000IU by the Institute.

However, more and more medical professionals consider 4000 IU to 5000 IU appropriate daily intakes for adults especially people with light skin.

Vitamin D supplements can be found in two forms. Vitamin D3 also known as cholecalciferol is considered to be the best form when compared to vitamin D2 or ergocalciferol.

While the debates continue, people should be sure to have vitamin D as a core part of their daily supplement regime to enhance personal bone strength, durability and physical functioning throughout life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Getting the right vitamin D in you diet is critical to overall health and happiness; Janet Shapan, publisher, writer and media designer has assembled the most current research and the best vitamin D sources to take care of all your vitamin D needs. Get the facts: http://vitamind-supplements.com or http://vitamindcancer.com

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