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DO get tested. unless osteoporosis is suspected, doctors rarely order this test. Everyone should get tested, especially those with a family history of cancer<\/p>\n
DON\u2019T assume your diet gives you enough<\/strong><\/p>\n Foods such as fish, eggs, some cheeses, and liver containing vitamin D are generally not enough to cover your daily needs. You\u2019d have to eat 95 eggs to come close! Keep in mind, not all foods claiming to contain vitamin D actually do! DO get some safe sun exposure<\/p>\n General recommendations are ten to 15 minutes of sun exposure on arms and legs every day.<\/p>\n DO take a supplement<\/strong><\/p>\n 2,000 IU daily for adults and 1,000 IU for kids is the safe dosage generally recommended by physicians.<\/p>\n \u2022 If you live in a country where the sun doesn\u2019t always shine, your body can\u2019t produce enough vitamin D.<\/p>\n \u2022 You over-apply sunscreen which will completely block helpful UV-B rays.<\/p>\n \u2022 You have a dark skin which means you absorb less sunshine due to elevated amounts of melanin.<\/p>\n \u2022 You rely on a multi-vitamin for your daily dose of D Multi-vitamins do not contain enough D to satisfy your daily needs.<\/p>\n \u2022 You are obese. Vitamin D is stored in fat, and people who have a greater amount of fat tend to have less D circulating in their blood for use throughout the body. In general, the higher your BMI, the lower your D levels.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: naturalhealthcarecenter.com<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] DO get tested. unless osteoporosis is suspected, doctors rarely order this test. Everyone should get tested, especially those with a family history of cancer DON\u2019T assume your diet gives you enough Foods such as fish, eggs, some cheeses, and liver containing vitamin D are generally not enough to cover your daily needs. You\u2019d have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.najicherfanfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.najicherfanfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.najicherfanfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.najicherfanfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.najicherfanfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.najicherfanfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19154,"href":"https:\/\/www.najicherfanfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions\/19154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.najicherfanfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.najicherfanfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.najicherfanfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.najicherfanfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}