What are we talking about? Vitamin D plays a crucial role in our overall health. There are two ways of getting it: diet and the sun. OK, but we all know how dangerous the sun is, so why not get your Vitamin D by eating salmon for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
Well we certainly won’t argue with getting Vitamin D into your diet, but we’re not done yet. UVB light doesn’t just create Vitamin D out of thin air. It makes it by converting – get this – cholesterol. Just like spinning straw into gold! It’s not a coincidence that cholesterol levels are generally higher in the winter…the sun is weaker and less cholesterol gets converted.
Please don’t put away the sunscreen…but then again, don’t sit in a dark room, either. We knew outside exercise benefited your muscles, your heart, and your waistline…and now we know it gives Vitamin D and takes away cholesterol, too!
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