{"id":40022,"date":"2018-11-01T08:04:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T13:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40022"},"modified":"2018-11-01T08:04:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T13:04:06","slug":"how-to-beat-cabin-fever-during-the-winter-with-vitamin-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40022","title":{"rendered":"How To Beat \u2018Cabin Fever\u2019 During The Winter With Vitamin D"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/how-to-beat-cabin-fever-during-the-winter-with-vitamin-d_01112018\/\">How To Beat \u2018Cabin Fever\u2019 During The Winter With Vitamin D<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49079 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ready-Nutrition-How-To-Beat-Cabin-Fever-During-Winter-with-Vitamin-D-1-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ready-Nutrition-How-To-Beat-Cabin-Fever-During-Winter-with-Vitamin-D-1-1.jpg 550w, http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ready-Nutrition-How-To-Beat-Cabin-Fever-During-Winter-with-Vitamin-D-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Reduce cabin fever with these healthy options!\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegepharmacy.com\/index.php?\/site\/detail\/vitamin_d_the_essential_nutrient\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vitamin D is an essential nutrient<\/a> and one that can\u00a0be synthesized by our body when sunlight hits our skin. But during the winter when we are curled up by a warm fire sipping hot cocoa, it can be hard to get enough vitamin D to keep the body running in tip-top\u00a0shape.<\/p>\n<p>Vitamin D is a precursor hormone and has multiple roles in the human body. It helps to maintain the health of bones and teeth, support the health of the immune system, brain, and nervous system. It also helps regulate\u00a0insulin\u00a0levels and aid in diabetes\u00a0management. Vitamin D also supports\u00a0lung function and cardiovascular health while influencing the expression of genes involved in cancer development.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers in clinical studies had tested fifty-five adults between 18 and 65 with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthstatus.com\/health_blog\/wellness\/11-all-natural-ways-to-repel-mosquitoes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">artificial light sources<\/a>\u00a0containing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthstatus.com\/health_blog\/eyes-contacts-lasik\/4-important-ways-to-protect-your-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ultraviolet radiation or UV rays<\/a>. The adults participating in this study were told to sit under a heat lamp or UV light in their underwear for up to 10 minutes.\u00a0 Researchers noticed that their vitamin D levels increased afterward.\u00a0Of course, buying UV lights or heat lamps and sitting around under those lights in your underwear might not be the best or easiest solution for most people.<\/p>\n<p>It is estimated that sensible sun exposure on bare skin for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drstevenlin.com\/optimize-vitamin-d-through-sun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5-10 minutes 2-3 times per week <\/a>allows most people to produce sufficient vitamin D, but vitamin D breaks down quite quickly, meaning that stores can run low, especially in winter. In fact, recent studies have suggested that a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3068797\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">substantial percentage<\/a>\u00a0of the global population is vitamin D deficient partially because of this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Beat \u2018Cabin Fever\u2019 During The Winter With Vitamin D Vitamin D is an essential nutrient and one that can\u00a0be synthesized by our body when sunlight hits our skin. But during the winter when we are curled up by a warm fire sipping hot cocoa, it can be hard to get enough vitamin D [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[22741,6787,20441,22742,22740,885],"class_list":["post-40022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-cabin-fever","tag-ready-nutrition","tag-sara-tipton","tag-ultraviolet-radiation","tag-vitamin-d","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40023,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40022\/revisions\/40023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}