In December on my annual visit to my doctor they checked my Vitamin D level as part of the routine lab work. Turns out my levels were quite low. In an article I read the other day people of northern European descent (like me) have evolved over time to have lightened skin. The pale skin allows us to absorb more Vitamin D from sunlight.
So my doctor prescribed a massive dose of Vitamin D which I took once a week for 8 weeks. I was amazed when I noticed my mood brightening over those weeks. No more doom and gloom from the dreary/dark winter days of the Pacific Northwest. My doc said that we don't get enough of the "right" kind of sun in the winter.
So now that the 8 weeks are over I'm taking 2000 IU's a day. Amazing the difference!
My question is... Is Vitamin D the new wonder drug? Is that what all of us in the northern climes need in the winter?
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- keatime
- I am a middle aged woman, well-traveled but finally settled into one spot, back home in the Pacific Northwest. I enjoy traveling with my husband, playing with my three ratties and seeing my kids/step-kids healthy and happy.
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