Why does it look like the majority of people are Vitamin D deficient these days.
You need to get your skin in the sun to make Vitamin D
- We are seldom in direct sunlight
- Indoors for longer
- Sunscreen blocks UVB which is needed by the body to produce Vitamin D
- We are told not go out in the midday sun. When is UVB highest and therefore Vitamin D production highest? At midday!
- We are the opposite of naked. Covered from head to toe and slathered with suncreen on any bit that is exposed
- Cofactors
Do you want to know what your levels are, you can either get your doctor to arrange a Vitamin D test or take matters into your own hands with a self-test.
Rapid Self Testing
- Spark-D, 15 minutes – R125
- Kiweno, 15 minutes
- Everlywell, mail in