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Top 5 Signs of Vitamin D Deficiency

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  Top 5 signs you may have a vitamin D deficiency that you will notice as an individual include onoing musculoskeletal pain, frequent or intense colds and flus, neurological symptoms such as depression, impaired cognition and headaches, unrelenting fatigue and head sweating
  


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  As a society, three key things that indicate a vitamin D deficiency are increasing or stable rates of the incidence of breast cancer, the increase in the number of pre-term births and, now, an increase in the incidence of type 1 diabetes
  


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  An estimated 40 percent of Americans are profoundly vitamin D deficient, defined as having a serum level below 20 ng/mL (50 nmol/L); 75 percent of American adults and teens are deficient when a sufficiency level of 30 ng/mL is used. If the sufficiency cutoff is moved to a healthy 40 to 60 ng/mL (100 to 150 nmol/L), as recommended by the GrassrootsHealth panel of 48 vitamin D researchers, deficiency rates in the U.S. would likely be in the high 90 percent bracket
  


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  20 ng/mL is grossly insufficient for good health and disease prevention. According to the most recent research, a vitamin D level between 60 and 80 ng/mL (150 to 200 nmol/L) appears to offer the greatest protection against cancer and other chronic diseases
  


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  Pregnant women need a minimum vitamin D level of 40 ng/mL (100 nmol/L) to help prevent premature birth and other pregnancy complications
  


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  Optimizing your vitamin D levels may help you prevent cancer, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, infections, neurodegenerative diseases and much more. Optimizing it is extremely simple and can be measured for success using an in-home test and some form of intake

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