Vitamin D Deficiency | Cleveland Naturopath

Vitamin D

Most of us are aware that vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin and that it’s important for bone health. However, the humble Vitamin D is so much more important than that.

Vitamin D is important for immune system health:

A healthy immune system is our defence system against infections, allergic conditions such as eczema, autoimmune diseases, and even cancer. Vitamin D has been identified in research as a crucial vitamin for optimal functioning of the immune system. Studies show, however, that at least one in three Australians are deficient in Vitamin D, which may result in higher risk of inflammation, bone issues and an impaired immune system which is prone to infections. Do you wonder why we tend to get sick with colds and flu mainly in winter? Winter months correlate with time when our vitamin D levels decline since we tend to stay indoors. Vitamin D supplementation has been shown to reduce the risk of getting respiratory infections such as the flu, however healthy eating – full of antioxidant vegetables and fruit and also regular exercise will also help to achieve optimal immune function during the winter months.

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Why Test For Minerals?

Minerals are the spark- plugs of life as they are needed for almost every metabolic process in the body. They are essential for healing, immunity, growth, vitality and wellbeing.

Ideally, we should be getting all our minerals from our diet. Unfortunately, due to modern farming techniques using fertilisers and pesticides which reduce the mineral content in soil, our bodies are significantly deficient in minerals. Consequently, the need for testing and monitoring our nutritional status is more important now than ever before.

Other factors that cause mineral imbalances are stress, medications, pollution, genetic factors and also improper use of nutritional supplements.

The Oligoscan can be used for detection of early mineral imbalances at the cellular level, it can show the accumulation of toxic elements and also detects metabolic issues as early as possible.

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