Just How Much Vitamin D do we need?
Just 15 minutes of sun at mid-day in the summer is sufficient. Of course, this varies based on how much skin is exposed (darker skinned people may need more time), the time of the day (mid-day is best for vitamin D), altitude (the higher the altitude you are at the more vitamin D your body can make), cloud cover, etc. During the winter, it’s hard to get out in the cold.
So what can we do?
Good food sources of vitamin D include fatty fish such as salmon, especially the wild salmon, tuna, mackerel, mushrooms, eggs and vitamin D fortified foods such as milk (any milk will do–cow, soy, almond, or coconut milk are all fortified). My favorite way to get vitamin D in the winter is from salmon. Just a small 4-ounce serving of salmon offers us 265% of our daily recommended allowance of this critically important vitamin. As vitamin D can be stored, just 2.5 servings of salmon each week would get us all of the vitamin D we need.
Take a Vitamin D supplement
Our Cataplex D is a great supplement to take during the winter 
while you’re not getting enough sun. Ask the girls at the front desk how to get this!
while you’re not getting enough sun. Ask the girls at the front desk how to get this!