Vitamin D enhances your immune system

Posted by Leanne on Mar 9th, 2010 | no comments

I ran into an article today that talks about the benefits of vitamin D. Apparently, T Cells, the immune system’s killer cells, rely on vitamin D to become active.  If vitamin D is not present, the T Cells will not recognize the presence of a pathogen or infection and will not activate themselves to fight the condition.  Vitamin D deficiency is becoming quite common in the USA and Canada as more and more of us are spending more time indoors.  The full article is listed here: http://bit.ly/dfIwHo

You can determine if you have a vitamin D deficiency with a simple blood test and it is very easy to supplement with D3.  There are many good quality, yet inexpensive supplements on the market.  We have one at: http://bit.ly/5lSskq

Vitamin D supplementation is very easy to do. You can take quite a bit per day without causing any problems – I take about 2,000 IUs per day as I have a known deficiency.  However, you must be aware that Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin and may accumulate in the system. It is wise to be tested occasionally for vitamin D in the blood to make sure that you aren’t getting too much. Vitamin D toxicity usually shows up as too much calcium in the blood.  Symptoms of toxicity may include: nausea, vomiting, weakness, confusion, kidney stones and heart palpitations.

To your health!

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