How to Get Enough Vitamin D3

Knowing how to get enough Vitamin D3 will help you stay healthy. Americans that live North of Atlanta, Georgia in the continental United States are not getting enough Vitamin D3 from the sun from October through March. To get Vitamin D3 from the sun you need to expose your skin (without wearing sunscreen) for 15 minutes two times per week. Do not let your skin get burned.

Instructions

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  **From the Sun**

  Live closer to the equator if you want to get more Vitamin D3 naturally. Most people in the continental United States that live above Atlanta, Georgia do not get enough sun between October and March each year.

  The sun is just not bright enough and there is not enough time for you to expose yourself to it.

  To get enough sun, you need to expose your skin to the sun for at least 15 minutes two times a week without wearing any sunscreen. Do not allow your skin to burn.

  Tanning booths do not give you Vitamin D3.

  Vitamin D3 is necessary to avoid many illnesses such as multiple sclerosis, depression, obesity, and possibly cancer.

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  **From Food**

  Eat foods that are high in Vitamin D3 such as wild caught salmon (not farmed raised, read the label), mackerel, sardines, egg yolks, milk fortified with Vitamin D3, cod liver oil and beef liver.

  Vitamin D3 needs calcium to be absorbed into the body. Eat foods high in calcium with your foods that are high in Vitamin D3 such as broccoli, milk and spinach. Natural Vitamin D3 can be absorbed from the sun and from food.

  Most Americans have a Vitamin D3 deficiency, ask your doctor to test your blood to see if you do also.

  Knowing how to get enough Vitamin D3 will keep you healthy.

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  **From Vitamins**

  Take supplements of Vitamin D3 if you cannot find other natural sources of Vitamin D3. Supplements should be your last choice because they do not absorb into the body as easily as natural sources of Vitamin D3.

  Always eat food with your Vitamin D3 supplements to help with absorption. If you do take a Vitamin D3 supplement, make sure that it is truly Vitamin D3, not Vitamin D2.

  Vitamin D3 is necessary for good health. Make sure that you get enough each week, especially in the winter months. Although artificial light may work for treating seasonal affective disorder, but it does not give you Vitamin D3.

  Knowing how to get enough Vitamin D3 will help you to stay healthy.