Vitamin D is under the microscope and a huge amount of information is emerging. Most of you would know that we get this hormone (it’s not really a vitamin) by the sun’s interaction on our skin and from some foods.

The trick is to get the balance between getting too much sunlight (and risking skin damage and skin cancer) and getting enough sunlight for adequate Vitamin D production.

Last year my friend’s 17 year old was very sick with an immune disease, and it was discovered that she was deficient in Vitamin D. She lost a lot of time from school as she recovered. Many young people today do not spend enough time outdoors to get adequate sunshine because they are indoors using computers and watching TV. They are at risk of becoming deficient in Vitamin D.

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