Report - we may need more sunshine

Too much sunshine is just bad for us.  At least that's what we had for about the last 25 years.  We need to wear T-shirts, some hats, and use plenty of high effect to some degree about old times.  We should also stay in the shade is much is possible too.

Too much sun exposure has been demonstrated to cause wrinkles and even skin cancer. The rates of skin cancer which are continuing to grow at an alarming rate in the UK.

There is another side to this, though. Insufficient sunshine seems to contradict towards some different disease.  These include  obesity, multiple sclerosis and even depression and osteoporosis. Even more interesting, is that we need direct, full strength sunlight, with nothing to filtered out of it.

It seems that the human body has evolved to be able to withstand a certain quantity of sunlight.  The healthcare safety messages are confusing. One thing that is apparent is that if you get too little sun exposure and this can lead insufficient vitamin D.  The vitamin D is actually referred to as being the sunshine vitamin because around 90 per cent of what we require comes from sunlight.

Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that is stored in the body but by the end of the winter many adults don't have enough.  In fact, over half of UK adults insufficient levels of vitamin D and 16 per cent suffer a severe deficiency during winter according to recent research in the British Medical Journal.  There has been a similar experience in different parts of the US, too.

Lack of vitamin D can lead to a wide range of illnesses such as osteoporosis in adults and rickets in children.

You might think that the simple answer is to take a vitamin D supplement but there is no recommended daily intake of vitamin D. A healthy and balanced diet should provide all a child or adult requires. The vitamin D is found in milk, eggs, oily fish and some of the fortified cereals. A research study carried out at the University of Aberdeen established that clinically obese women have 10 per cent less vitamin D than healthier women.

Vitamin D deficiency

Always check with your doctor that you understand the instructions for your vitamin D supplement. It is important to take the medicine correctly especially when taking higher doses of vitamin D . The advantage of the higher dose vitamin D. treatment is that the vitamin D deficiency improves quickly.  This can be very important in some cases. Standard dose tablets, powders and liquids can be taken every day for about 12 months in order to allow the body to make up for the missing vitamin D. This is a rather slow method of increasing vitamin d levels but is very suitable if the vitamin D deficiency is mild.  It is also useful for the prevention of lower vitamin D levels. One drawback is that every one of these vitamin D supplement preparations contain either calcium or other vitamins.  This leads to them having a strong taste which some people with low vitamin D levels dislike. Cod liver oil is an alternative that people who need to take a vitamin D supplement can consider.

Vitamin d deficiency symptoms in adults - more information

The treatment for vitamin d deficiency is to take vitamin D supplements. This is a type of vitamin D called ergocalciferol or calciferol. The dosage of ergocalciferol for vitamin D deficiency is written in units known as international units otherwise known as IU. There are various different ways of taking a supplement to increase vitamin D levels at these include a small injection of vitamin D. this will provide treatment for approximately 6 months. It is a very effective and convenient vitamin d supplement treatment. It is useful for treating vitamin d deficiency symptoms in adults who do not like taking medicines by mouth as well as those people or who are likely to forget to regularly take their tablets.T here are different vitamin d levels strengths available and a vitamin d dose may be taken at either daily, weekly or monthly intervals. This will depend on your vitamin d levels and on which treatment guideline that your doctor is using to treat your vitamin d deficiency.

Vitamin d deficiency symptoms in adults

Vitamin d deficiency symptoms in adults various in its intensity. Lots of people get no vitamin D. deficiency symptoms or they may only get mild problems such as tiredness or aches. Other other vitamin D. symptoms include muscle aches and pains or muscle weakness. In more severe vitamin D deficiency the patient might have difficulty standing up or climbing stairs. Vitamin d deficiency symptoms in adults can even lead to the person walking with a ‘waddling’ pattern.

Other vitamin d deficiency symptoms in adults include bone pains which can often be in the back, hips or legs. Vitamin d deficiency symptoms in adults is very common and research studies suggest that in the UK approximatelyd 2 in 10 adults, and 9 in 10 adults of South Asian heritage origin, could be vitamin D deficient. Most people don’t have vitamin d deficiency symptoms and are unaware of the problem.