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Improve Iron and Vitamin D Deficiency with Food

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Iron deficiency and vitamin D deficiency are common in the United States but both are preventable and reversible with the right lifestyle and eating choices.

Iron is found in all your cells.  Your body uses it to create the protein hemoglobin, which transports oxygen in your blood.  When you don’t have enough hemoglobin in your blood, you have iron deficiency anemia.  Iron also helps with the storage and use of oxygen in your muscles.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), iron deficiency is the most common nutritional disorder in the world.  More than 2 billion people (30% of the world population) are anemic.  It affects developed nations as well as less developed countries.

It’s considered a public health condition of epidemic proportions.

Signs you may be iron deficient…

  • Problems with brain cognition
  • Feeling out of breath
  • Extremely pale skin
  • Unexplained muscle pain
  • Lower endurance during normal activities
  • Fatigue
  • Lack of interest or changes in mood
  • Increased incidence of infection or illness

Vitamin D deficiency is another growing problem in developed nations specifically.  A 2010 study published in Nutrition Journal from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that approximately 42% of American adults and 12% of American children don’t have enough vitamin D.

Vitamin D deficiency is another growing problem in developed nations specifically. #FactsClick To Tweet

Your body uses vitamin D to absorb calcium, regulate calcium and phosphate levels, manage bone and cell growth, and lowering inflammation.

The authors of the study explained, “Mounting evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency could be linked to several chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and cancer.  [It’s] linked to some of the important risk factors of leading causes of death in the United States, it is important that health professionals are aware of this connection and offer dietary and other intervention strategies.”

Signs you may be vitamin D deficient…

  • Problems with brain cognition
  • Unexplained bone pain
  • Greater risk of fractures
  • Weakness of muscles or bones
  • Fatigue
  • Depression or changes in mood
  • Increased incidence of infection or illness

Vitamin D deficiency is becoming more common, not having enough vitamin D can lead to health issues.

You can turn these deficiencies (and the way they make you feel) around with lifestyle and diet changes.  Iron is best absorbed through the food you eat.  Given the right compounds, your body will know exactly what to do with them!

Iron is best absorbed through the food you eat. Your body will know exactly what to do with them!Click To Tweet

Boost Your Iron and Vitamin D Naturally

  • Fatty fish (mackerel, wild-caught salmon, tuna)
  • Beef, chicken, turkey, and pork (organic varieties offer more nutrition)
  • Cheese (from grass-fed cows)
  • Beans (kidney, navy, black, pintos, lentils)
  • Eggs (including the yolk)
  • Pumpkin seeds
  • Quinoa
  • Fish oils
  • Mushrooms
  • Dark chocolate
  • Leafy greens (kale, spinach, broccoli)
  • Milk, yogurt, and orange juice are often fortified with vitamin D

Sunshine is Bursting with Vitamin D

Responsible sun exposure (never, ever burn your skin) is the single best way to fight vitamin D deficiency.  Every day, spend 15 minutes in the sun without sunscreen.

Once you get your daily requirement, consider using a natural sunscreen that protects you but doesn’t make you sensitive to sunlight (this is a real thing with chemical sunscreens).  With summer fast approaching, most people coat their skin in sunscreen and block their body’s ability to manufacture enough vitamin D.

However, if you have darkly pigmented skin, have breast-fed for a long time, live in a cold or very rainy location, or are obese, your body is going to have trouble producing enough vitamin D even with sunlight.

A Delicious, Natural Alternative

Iron is easy (and best) through food.  Treating vitamin D deficiency may require taking a supplement.  Before you spend money on countless pills that probably won’t be absorbed well by your body, consider VitaSkye’s Cocology Elixir.

One tablespoon gives you the equivalent of 5 tablespoons of coconut oil (a healthy and supercharged fuel for your brain), astaxanthin (one of the most powerful carotenoids currently known, which can cross the blood-brain barrier), vitamin D3 (to protect immunity and bone health), vitamin E (excellent skin booster), and vitamin A (to protect vision and immunity).

Eat your way to good health and boost your body’s natural defenses against vitamin D deficiency with VitaSkye’s Cocology Elixir.

You’re going to love the way it tastes – but not as much as you love how it makes you feel.

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