The NHS has issued advice that people should start taking vitamin D supplements daily from this month, due to the lack of adequate sunlight until March which affects the body’s ability to produce the nutrient. The health service highlighted on social media the significant health benefits of the “sunshine vitamin,” noting: “From October to March we can’t make enough vitamin D from sunlight. To keep bones and muscles healthy, it’s best to take a daily 10 microgram supplement of vitamin D. You can get vitamin D from most pharmacies and retailers.”
With the cost of 400 vitamin D pills being less than £8 online – equating to below 2p a day – it’s a small price to pay for the potential health advantages, including a claimed reduction in the risk of dementia.
A French study suggested that those with low levels of vitamin D were almost triple as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Those particularly vulnerable to deficiency such as high-risk adults, children aged 1 to 4, and all infants not having over 500ml of formula milk daily, are encouraged to take supplements throughout the year.
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The NHS underlined the importance of the nutrient, saying: “Vitamin D helps regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body. These nutrients are needed to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy. A lack of vitamin D can lead to bone deformities such as rickets in children, and bone pain caused by a condition called osteomalacia in adults.”
“Government advice is that everyone should consider taking a daily vitamin D supplement during the autumn and winter. People at high risk of not getting enough vitamin D, all children aged 1 to 4, and all babies (unless they’re having more than 500ml of infant formula a day) should take a daily supplement throughout the year.”, reports Surrey Live.
The respected Expert Dr Michael Mosley, who sadly passed away earlier this year, was also a proponent of vitamin D supplementation. He had recommended: “I take 25 mcg (1,000 IU), which is within the limits of what’s considered safe (anything under 100 mcg a day for adults or 50 mcg for children, according to the NHS) but closer to the sort of doses studies show you need to take to ward off infections, cancers, and maybe even dementia.”
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