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Smarter Eats: Gwyneth Reminds Us to Get a Healthy Dose of D
Gwyneth Paltrow's dishing out some healthy advice on GOOP this week — get your daily dose of vitamin D. The super-fit star points to Dr. Frank Lipman's healthy tips for getting our fair share of the vital D, who reminds us that, especially this time of year —when we head into the colder season and see less sunlight — it's even more important to supplement our diets with the vitamin, and avoid a vitamin D deficiency.
How to Get Your Daily Vitamin D
Sunshine is a great source of vitamin D, but if cooler weather or your busy work or school schedule has you spending less time outside, you'll want to make sure you're getting enough from your diet. An adult woman needs five micrograms or 200 International Units (IU) of vitamin D each day, though it is argued that the RDI for women should be 800 to 1,000 IU. The tolerable upper intake level is 50 mcg or 2,000 IU.
Little Fish Offers Big Doses of Vitamin D
Most people in this country aren't getting enough vitamin D — adults and kids alike. Our bodies manufacture vitamin D when our skin is exposed to the sun, but we don't spend much time in the sun these days. And when we do, we wear sunscreen.
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Another Reason to Take Vitamin D: Your Lady Business
Much has been said recently about the health importance of vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin that the body creates after exposure to ultraviolet rays. As a population, our vitamin D levels are low due to spending less time in the sun and wearing more sunscreen. The impact of being vitamin D-deficient goes beyond softening our bones; it affects the health of your lady business.
7 Foods For Strong Bones
Foods high in calcium and vitamin D are essential for building strong bones. The RDI of calcium for women is 1,000 mg a day and for vitamin D, it's 200 to 400 IU. Here are five foods to include in your diet to improve your bone density, which will prevent osteoporosis.
5 Things: Vitamin D
Making health headlines almost daily, vitamin D seems to be the nutritional celebrity. Even with all the press it has been getting, Americans don't seem to be getting enough vitamin D in their diets. Here are five things about vitamin D to help you get to know it a little bit better.
Do You Know Vitamin D?
The health world has been buzzing as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has increased the amount of vitamin D children should have daily to 400 IU (International Units). Since Vitamin D is not as easy to come by as say, vitamin C, take this quiz to see how much you know about this important vitamin that's been making the news.
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Vitamin D For Goth Girls When Sunshine Is Too Much
I have a few friends that fear the sun. A few are afraid of wrinkles and skin cancer, and there are those serious goth gals who just dislike all things sunny – you know who you are. These fears, rationale or not, keep these ladies from getting enough Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin.
Days of Wine and Sunlight
Today, I am happy to be the bearer of good news. Two of life's simple pleasures may be beneficial for women's health: wine and sunlight.
A recent Spanish study found that 6.8 ounces of wine a day, be it red or white, increased women's HDL cholesterol, which is considered that good kind of cholesterol.
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