{"id":1019,"date":"2023-09-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2023-09-15T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:00:00","slug":"ob-gyn-doctors-ob-gyn-clinic-vitamin-d-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/ob-gyn-doctors-ob-gyn-clinic-vitamin-d-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"75% of Women Tested by Our GYN Doctors Are Vitamin D Deficient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Vitamin D may provide protection from osteoporosis, high blood pressure, some autoimmune diseases, and several cancers including breast, colorectal, prostate and pancreatic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As you can tell from our headline, we like vitamin D and think it&#8217;s important. There are vitamin D receptors on every cell in our body. Vitamin D aids in the absorption of calcium, helping to form and maintain strong bones. Recent research also suggests vitamin D may provide protection from high blood pressure, some autoimmune diseases, and several cancers including breast, colorectal, prostate and pancreatic.<\/p>\n<p>Women with low vitamin D levels may have a higher risk of osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes and even heart attack! Vitamin D deficiency has also been associated with muscle weakness and pain in both adults and children. Some research has reported vitamin D deficiencies in patients with low-back pain, and found that supplementation reduces pain in many patients.<\/p>\n<h3>Becoming vitamin D deficient<\/h3>\n<p>There are many ways women become vitamin D deficient, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The widespread use of sunscreen to avoid skin cancer has led to an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency, as measured by a blood test. At our GYN clinic, at least 75% of the women we test are vitamin D deficient.<\/li>\n<li>In the winter, people cannot synthesize vitamin D from their skin if they live north of Atlanta due to the angle of the sun&#8217;s rays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Good ways to get vitamin D<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Vitamin D can be synthesized by your skin. Fifteen minutes of unprotected sun exposure between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. during the spring, summer and fall months can boost your vitamin D level.<\/li>\n<li>Vitamin D can be gained orally and is found in foods like vitamin D fortified milk, orange juice and other dairy products. Wild caught salmon, not farm raised, is an excellent source of vitamin D.<\/li>\n<li>There are two forms of vitamin D for oral use &#8212; vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. Vitamin D2 is given by prescription and usually taken once a week. Vitamin D3 is available over the counter with the normal recommendation being 1,000 IU\/day. Our GYN doctors say up to 5,000 IU\/day can be taken in the case of vitamin D deficiency.<\/li>\n<li>An interesting fact you may want to remember next flu season comes from a study that showed people who took 2,000 IU\/day of vitamin D3 during flu season had a 91% decrease in respiratory infections!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If you are suffering from a GYN health issue, please contact our GYN clinic at (757) 312-8221. Our GYN doctors are here to help you.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin D may provide protection from osteoporosis, high blood pressure, some autoimmune diseases, and several cancers including breast, colorectal, prostate and pancreatic. As you can tell from our headline, we like vitamin D and think it&#8217;s important. There are vitamin D receptors on every cell in our body. Vitamin D aids in the absorption of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}