// 03.29.2009 at 8:00 am //

D Vitamin

Four Glasses Of Milk a Day

When you think that you would not be vitamin D deficiency, don’t be so sure. Here I have a story of a person who have already drunk four glasses of milk a day but still diagnose with vitamin D deficiency. How could it be?

Vitamin D deficiency cases are going up

msnbc.msn.com - The food label says Vitamin D, but you have to drink four glasses of milk a day to get a daily dose.  Mike DeGiorgi is one of more and more people being diagnosed with a “D” deficiency. He says, “I thought how can I be deficient in vitamin D I’m in the sun all the time?“ When you are out in the sun you get the vitamin D benefit from a chemical reaction that takes place on your skin.  If you are wearing sunscreen you don’t get that benefit but in Mike’s case that wasn’t causing his problem. DeGiorgi doesn’t use sunblock,“I’m Italian.  I tan very quickly and I usually don’t worry about getting sunburned.“ Mike went to Smith Mountain Lake Family Practice to try to get some answers. He says, “In the middle of the night I was getting a lot of leg cramps foot cramps never had those before.“ Doctor Sam Saadat says muscle pain and fatigue are common signs that more D is needed and Mike’s heritage doesn’t help. Dr. Saadat says, “The darker the skin the less absorption of the UVB and the less production of Vitamin D.“ He also says it is probably better to get Vitamin D from your diet instead of the sun. He says, “The best way for vitamin D would be to have a good diet eat more fish mushroom and supplements.“ How do you find out if you have the same problem mike had? Dr. Saadat says, “It’s a simple blood test it is not costly most insurances cover that test.“ A simple test to help a simple problem that being looked at now more than ever. We also talked with Carilion Family Medicine’s Dr. Mary Beth Sweet who says more people are being diagnosed with a Vitamin D deficiency because: *  Doctors are testing more for it. *  We aren’t outside as much as we used to be (to get sunlight benefits, you need to be outside in shorts and a short sleeve shirt for 20 minutes a day without sunscreen.) *  There aren’t a lot of foods that have it and as we get older it is harder to absorb it.   Doctor sweet says we should all get 800-1000 international units of Vitamin D a day.

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