with the global pandemic we know that vitamin d deficiency is super important that we take care
of this deficiency to protect ourselves and how do you know that you are vitamin d deficient in the
first place well today i'm going to tell you 14 signs of vitamin d deficiency if you're new to my
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stay tuned right till the end so the 14 signs of vitamin d deficiency sign number one is a weakened
immune system so susceptibility to infections is very much correlated to a vitamin d deficiency
especially upper respiratory tract infections and we know that covet 19 and the correlation with and
the people struggling with upper respiratory tract infections and a cough is of utmost importance
so this is probably number one on my list to absolutely make sure that we are taking care
of that vitamin d deficiency to protect our lungs but to protect our immune system in general sign
number two is fatigue so if you have low energy and you are lethargic and you simply because of a
vitamin d deficiency just don't have that energy this could be definitely related so again make
sure that you are having your vitamin d levels checked to ensure that you don't have a deficiency
sign number three is low mood so we know that going into especially living here in canada
seasonal affective disorder is a big thing amongst canadians and also if you live in
temperate climates away from the equator that lack of sunshine and that lack of vitamin d because
again our skin makes that vitamin d from the sun that lack of that vitamin d is very much related
to the vitamin d receptors in our brain and if they're simply not uptaking that vitamin d this
has a lot to do with our feel good hormones so things like serotonin and our dopamine
so really important if we want to have good mood especially throughout our long winters
that we are fixing that vitamin d deficiency sign number four is weight gain yes you can
gain weight and be overweight if you're a vitamin d deficient and this has a lot to do with calcium
metabolism we know that when we're in a calcium deficient state internally this has a lot to
do with our metabolism of our carbs our fats and our proteins so it's important again for
keeping a healthy body weight that we have enough vitamin d sign number five is muscle and bone pain
so this is interesting and this made me really look at the research and i was curious about
statin drugs and we know that statin drugs are used for lowering cholesterol levels but we know
also that cholesterol is something that's needed in order for our body to make vitamin d from
the sun if we are lacking in cholesterol then we could potentially have a vitamin d deficiency and
in a more recent study which we can see here in 2019 researchers found that there was definitely
a correlation between vitamin d deficiency and statin induced musculoskeletal pain
so this is something again putting two and two together and that's often you know in my patients
one of the biggest side effects why some of my patients can't even take statins is that
they have a lot of muscle pain so again food for thought something to think about sign number six
is reduced endurance so this is important for anybody who exercises and if you're at the gym
you're working out and you just find that your endurance and i find this is especially true
in you know friends and family that i talk to who work out especially in the winter months
is that people start to suffer and they seem like oh i just don't have that you know
enough stamina and energy they have much more stamina for their workouts in the summertime and
again that correlation with vitamin d deficiency is certainly a possibility so sign number seven
is hair loss and this is something that i actually learned from a patient of mine years ago and she
worked in a hair salon as a hair stylist and she said that it was just commonly known in
the industry that in fall that's when your hair falls out well i didn't put two and two together
until i really did the research on vitamin d knowing that yes in fall here in canada again
in a temperate climate we don't live close to the equator that yeah fall and going into winter we
have lack of sunshine now lack of vitamin d and that's when typically our hair falls out or can
fall out so again if you're wanting to have a nice you know mane of hair and healthy hair make sure
that you are checking your vitamin d status and keeping your vitamin d levels up sign number eight
is leaky gut syndrome so i've talked about this a lot in other videos you can check those out
and a study has actually shown that gi distress and leaky gut syndrome can very much be related
to a vitamin d deficiency and in this study what they found is that the tight junction so vitamin d
and the vitamin d receptors have a lot to do with maintaining those healthy tight junctions
in the gut and that's important to ensure that we have proper digestion and leaky gut
syndrome what happens is that those tight junctions open up for a variety of reasons
one of those may be a vitamin d deficiency so make sure again that you are topping up your vitamin d
especially in the winter months sign number nine is brain fog so if you're again that brain is not
making those neural connections and you have difficulty maybe memorizing or maintaining
proper memory especially as you're aging this can again be related to a vitamin d deficiency
sign number 10 is sleep disorders so difficulty sleeping again we know that
vitamin d has a lot to do with making sure that our calcium goes to where it needs to go
and helps with calcium metabolism that sleep disorders and secreting enough melatonin
during sleep is very much reliant on having enough calcium but also vitamin d as well to
ensure of its absorption so sign number 11 is a sweaty head so if you perspire really easily or
maybe this happens a lot in children and often pediatricians will ask for this as a symptom
in children if there's a lot of perspiration on the head this too can be related to a vitamin d
deficiency and it has a lot to do with calcium metabolism which is something that i learned way
back in you know when i was studying to become a naturopathic doctor and you know that correlation
definitely is there so if you sweat easily on your head just pay attention to your vitamin d levels
sign number 12 is slow wound healing so we know that vitamin d receptors are in so many cells of
the body but in our skin cells as well so really important if you know you maybe you cut yourself
and that that cut doesn't heal very easily this too could be related to a vitamin d deficiency
sign number 13 is dizziness so again vitamin d deficiency especially you know if you're noticing
that you you have dizziness this is related to the inner ear and the calcium stones that
are in the ear and a vitamin d deficiency i know again going hand in hand with calcium metabolism
could be related to your dizziness so make sure that you're having this checked and
sign number 14 is heart problems so yes vitamin d deficiency and cardiovascular health are very
much related so this is something again in our current times with covet 19 the pandemic
that we have to make sure again in terms of the health of our internal organs that we're doing
everything to protect ourselves and topping up our vitamin d levels so to wrap things up
in my opinion it's very simple make sure you're getting enough vitamin d and maybe you have to go
to a supplement to make sure that you're topping up your levels food sources are difficult to get
enough absorbable vitamin d from so you can check out my other video on that but thanks for watching
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