7 signs you may have a vitamin D deficiency - April 2014

Sara Klein Huffpost

1. Bones ache - see Vitamin D Life    Quick, free, self test of vitamin D deficiency
2. You've got the blues - see Vitamin D Life    Depression
3. You're 50 or older- see Vitamin D Life    Overview Seniors and Vitamin D
4. You're overweight or obese.- see Vitamin D Life    Overview Obesity and Vitamin D
5. You have darker skin- see Vitamin D Life    Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D
6. You're a big-time head sweater.
   No joke, says Holick. "It's one of the first, classic signs of vitamin D deficiency."
7. You have gut trouble.- see Vitamin D Life    Overview Gut and vitamin D

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See also Vitamin D Life

• Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D
• Excessive clothes and being indoors results in very low vitamin D levels – Nov 2011
• Stay out of sun due to fear of skin cancer or wrinkling
• Stay out of sun because want whiter skin
• Shut-in
• High Risk of little Vitamin D category listing
• Many reasons why vitamin D deficiency has become epidemic 34 reasons as of April 2014
• Free Vitamin D evaluation service had the following questions as of April 2014
• At night, I ...... have a cold feeling ... have legs that hurt ... have a restless sleep ... wake up suddenly
• During the day, I am...... listless ... tired ... lethargic ... uninspired
• I feel cramps or twitches...... in the leg ... in the arm ... in the hand ... in the eyelid
• I get dizzy...... when I stand up ... when I exert an effort ... around noon ... when that happens, I need to lie down
• I feel sick...... when I stand up ... when I exert an effort ... around noon ... when that happens, I need to lie down
• My head hurts or I feel pressure in my head...... when I stand up ... when I exert an effort ... around noon ... when that happens, I need to lie down
• If I stand or work for an extended period of time, it hurts...... in my neck ... in my lower back ... in the groin ... in the feet
• The Sun at noon causes...... circulatory problems ... headaches ... an itching skin ... red spots
• I repeatedly have...... cold hands ... cold feet ... cold legs ... white fingertips
• My fingernails have…   number of white spots