Monday, April 12, 2010
Vitamin D is sometimes called the “sunshine” vitamin because the body produces it when exposed to sunlight. The dilemma is that many of us are not getting much sunshine because we have been dutifully protecting our skin from the sun. We have been told to avoid the sun or to put on sunsc...
Vit D is the only vitamin my gynecologist recommends. He says that with a normal diet you usually get the other vitamins/minerals in sufficient doses. But he said to take 1,000 IU per day and that was all. I tend to get out to the pool 2-3 times per month in the summer, with no sunscreen. But I don't stay more than about 30 minutes. And there is no sunscreen in my makeup.
Still, I do take Centrum Silver multi-vitamin, fish oil, and Vit C along with the Vit D each day. I have never been able to "feel" any difference when I take them or don't take them, but they don't hurt and might help. I don't need a calcium supplement because I eat a lot of dairy products.
My brother has had 2-3 skin cancers taken off his face, but he drove a motorcycle everywhere he went for years and just bought a new one. I doubt that he wears any sunscreen.
Donna