20% of U.S. kids lack vitamin D


	20% of U.S. kids lack vitamin D

Socratoad

10-26-2009 1:29 PM

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10-26-2009 6:51 PM

Lexica

Unsurprising – we spend so much time indoors these days.

I had my Vitamin D level tested a couple of months ago. Normal range is 30-150 (I forget what units). Mine came back from the lab: 16. Yikes. I started supplementing (5000 IU of D a day) and the difference in my energy level has been dramatic.

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