Vitamin D Deficient Even in Sunny California?

Thursday, December 10, 2009 by Leslie Ellis
Yes, says Dr. Glenn Braunstein in a recent article on Huffingtonpost.com.

"Vitamin D is essential for the maintenance of normal bone and muscle function, and may be important for proper functioning of the cardiovascular and immune systems.  It is the 'sunshine vitamin' because most of the natural vitamin D in our body is made in the skin following exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun.  Unfortunately, there is a pandemic of vitamin D insufficiency around the world, and those of us living in sunny Los Angeles are not immune from the problem."

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