Vitamin D is a key ingredient in the human body because it regulates how susceptible you are to asthma, allergies as well as osteoporosis. It is important for mental health too. How can we use vitamin D for allergies?
Why we need vitamin D
Researchers at Harvard University have discovered that there is a link between risk in being afflicted by asthma or allergies and vitamin deficiencies. It is particularly important for being free from allergies to get enough vitamin D. Why is this? Well, it seems that vitamin D, which you get from sunshine through your skin, is very effective in preventing allergies. If you do not get enough sunshine, you are at risk to develop allergies more easily than if you get enough vitamin D. Also, using sun block, which prevents the creation of vitamin D, is a problem when there is not enough vitamin D in the body. Vitamin D is also important because it is involved with calcium production. Therefore, bones require vitamin D also. It is recommended that if you do not get enough sunshine, if for example you live far from the equator, you take vitamin D supplements.
Pregnancy
Another group affected by vitamin D sufficiency is pregnant women. In addition, the children of women who have suffered from vitamin D sufficiency are more likely to develop allergies or asthma. This can be helped with vitamin D supplements during pregnancy.
Depression
In addition to all this it has also been discovered that vitamin D is important in alleviating depression. Therefore, vitamin D supplements are used for seasonal affective disorder, which is a form of depression occurring during long winters with little light.
Therefore, vitamin D is an important element in many processes in the human body. It is important to get enough of it to feel healthy both physically and mentally.
