Experts Offer Advice In Getting Just Enough For Vitamin D Needs
Washington, D.C.-It is near impossible if you live north of Atlanta Georgia in the United States to get enough Vitamin D from the sun during the winter.
But how much sunlight should you get in the summer? And when is too much sun a bad thing?
In a newly published study that is being published Tuesday, the importance of getting enough sunlight and Vitamin D is researched.
The Archives of Internal medicine is a medically related journal that features the new study and data, and it talks about people with low vitamin D levels have a high risk of heart disease.
Patients with a low Vitamin D level caused from corresponding little time spent in the sunshine died at a rate double over an eight-year period compared to people who got a high level of vitamin D.
In the study the researchers note those with low outdoors activity are likely to be deficient in Vitamin D in their body.
Summertime in North America is a good time to stock up on Vitamin D, and it is a healthy method of making sure that you are at reduced risk.
Ten minutes outdoors in the midday sun will give an average person who is fair skinned, wearing tank tap and shorts enough of the life-giving vitamin.
Longer than 10 minutes is okay, but a minimum of 10 minutes will give a person about 10,000 International units of the vitamin.
The dietary recommendation for Americans up to age 50 is 200 International Units of the Vitamin D, and 400 IU to age 70, and 600 IU for people who are over 70 years of age.
Many experts feel these are estimates that are way too low, and because of this the new study recommends a minimum of 10 minutes outdoors a day, in the summertime.