FACTS ABOUT VITAMIN D

Vitamin D is perhaps the single most common deficient nutrient in the world of nutrition. Vitamin D is produced by your skin in response to exposure to ultraviolet radiation from natural sunlight. The healing rays of natural sunlight (that generate vitamin D in your skin) *cannot penetrate glass*. So you don't generate vitamin D when sitting in your car or home. It is nearly impossible to get adequate amounts of vitamin D from your diet.Sunlight exposure is the only reliable way to generate vitamin D in your own body. Sufficient levels of vitamin D are crucial for calcium absorption in your intestines. Even sunscreens block your body's ability to generate vitamin D by 95%. 

Diseases and conditions cause by vitamin D deficiency:

● Osteoporosis is commonly caused by a lack of vitamin D, which greatly impairs calcium absorption. Deficiency of vitamin D can cause bone pain and muscle weakness.
● Vitamin D deficiency may *exacerbate* type 2 diabetes and impair insulin production in the pancreas.
● Your risk of developing serious diseases like diabetes, depression and cancer is reduced 50% - 80% through simple, sensible exposure to natural sunlight 2-3 times each week.