Anyone interested in looking after their vitamin D health needs to look at their diet and lifestyle in order to make an assessment of their current vitamin D statusAnyone interested in looking after their vitamin D health needs to look at their diet and lifestyle in order to make an assessment of their current vitamin D status. However, the scientific approach and for the best and most accurate measurement is getting a blood level done now to assess the summer high (October/November) and again in March/April to assess the winter.
Following the article on the importance of vitamin D, laboratory expert John Christofides will shortly providing "instructions" on how to get tested along with some details on implications of the result and subsequent recommendations.
A fluid that transports oxygen and other substances through the body, made up of blood cells suspended in a liquid.
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Essential substances that cannot be produced by the body and so must be acquired from the diet.
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