people who have a darker skin complexion are 28 times more likely to be deficient in vitamin d
as opposed to someone like myself who has lighter skin but 97 of canadians like myself are deficient
in vitamin d at some point during the year in my opinion sunlight is always the best way to
get our natural vitamin d on our skin but for a lot of us that simply is impossible especially
in the darker winter months so today i'm going to share with you how to increase your vitamin d
and vitamin d absorption into your body if you're new to my channel welcome i'm dr janine bowring
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so how to increase our vitamin d well sunlight exposure of course is the best way to get in that
natural vitamin d without having to do too much else and this only gets worse though unfortunately
as we age for that maximum absorption of the vitamin d so for instance a teenager to about age
30 the maximum production is up to 25 000 units of vitamin d but now when we get into our 30s to
age 60 the maximum production is about 15 000 international units and over the age of 60
the maximum production is only 8 000 international units so it goes to show you that as we age we are
more at risk for vitamin d deficiency especially if we're not getting that natural sunlight
exposure and certainly if we're not getting it from other dietary sources so in order to maximize
that i want you to check out my entire one hour video all on vitamin d and also on the natural sun
exposure and how to maximize the benefits of the sun for your own body and your own health so my
other tip here is that certainly if you're getting that natural sunlight exposure if you're lucky
enough to go on a sunny vacation hopefully you are or if you live in a sunny part of the world
if you're getting that natural sunlight exposure especially through the winter months
it's important not to always wash it off so yes we have to wash our bodies but if you're using soap
and you're doing this daily on your major parts of your body then you're potentially washing away
that absorption because it's that natural lipids in our skin with that vitamin d from the sun this
is what is allowing for that proper absorption so don't always wash with a lot of soap for all
parts of your body the other thing to increase the absorption of vitamin d3 is to make sure that you
if you're taking the supplement or you're getting it from the sun is that it is mixed in with fish
oil so specifically the dha docosahexaenoic acid which is that omega-3 fatty acid which is really
important for vitamin d absorption so if you're taking your vitamin d in your international units
as a supplement you want to take it with your dha and you want to maximize its absorption
by taking it in the morning so that's something that i'm going to share in another video also
another tip is to take your vitamin d with other healthy fats so if you eat other healthy fats
in the diet you can maximize its absorption by taking your vitamin d along with your healthy fats
and another thing that i like to do is to take magnesium so i specifically like magnesium bis
glycemic because this also is really easy on the stomach helps with absorption helps with our
collagen levels so it's a great anti-aging mineral as well when it's bound to glycine so if you're
interested in the magnesium that i take check out the links below and again important to take
it in the morning so magnesium in the morning with your vitamin d3 to ensure that rapid absorption of
your vitamin d so thanks for watching today if this video helped you to learn something
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