Thought I'd share with you guys a cool fact about the sun!
Did you know you can get your daily vitamin D needs just by exposing your skin to the sun for 10 min everyday? It's true! Your body already breaks down cholesterol into a compound which is a precursor to vitamin D!
Vitamin D is important for our body to make our bones strong and to help absorb calcium and phosphorus in the intestines. Don't worry about causing toxicity by being out in the sun too long. This is basically impossible.
If you wear a ton of sunscreen, the UV light emitted by the sun will have trouble getting through into the body to make the vitamin D. I'm not telling you to not wear sunscreen, it's just an added note to this cool fact!
So get out in the Spring/Summer sun and help your diet!
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