{"id":2039,"date":"2021-09-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2021-09-15T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T09:00:00","slug":"vitamin-d-gyn-clinic-virginia-beach-eastern-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/vitamin-d-gyn-clinic-virginia-beach-eastern-shore\/","title":{"rendered":"Less Sun = Less Vitamin D = Health Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Gynecology Specialists Staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vitamin D can be synthesized by your skin with 15 minutes of unprotected sun exposure most of the year, but that&#8217;s tough to accomplish in the winter, especially in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and throughout Hampton Roads.<\/p>\n<p>Women who don&#8217;t keep their Vitamin D levels up through other means have a higher risk of osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes and even heart attack! Recent research also suggests Vitamin D may provide protection from osteoporosis, high blood pressure, some autoimmune diseases, and several cancers including breast, colorectal, prostate and pancreatic.<\/p>\n<p>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<p><strong>Vitamin D is in our Top 3 of important vitamins a woman must maintain at the optimal level year round.<\/strong> You can replenish and maintain Vitamin D during winter the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\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. Up to 5,000 IU\/day can be taken in the case of Vitamin D deficiency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A recent study showed that people who took 2,000 IU\/day of Vitamin D3 during flu season had a 91% decrease in respiratory infections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have questions about Vitamin D and your health, 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>By Gynecology Specialists Staff Vitamin D can be synthesized by your skin with 15 minutes of unprotected sun exposure most of the year, but that&#8217;s tough to accomplish in the winter, especially in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and throughout Hampton Roads. Women who don&#8217;t keep their Vitamin D levels up through other means have [&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-2039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039","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=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricardovidallon.com\/gyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}