Health gurus are urging the public to pop a 2p-a-pill supplement to bolster bone strength and potentially slash dementia risk. Medics are championing the virtues of inexpensive vitamin D supplements, which could be crucial for maintaining robust bones and may play an instrumental role in fending off dementia. Experts ideally advise for the supplement to be taken regularly from the age of eight, but it's also never too late to start.
Chatting with the Guardian , one expert explained that our bodies convert cholesterol into vitamin D when basked in sunlight, but Scotland's dreary climate often leaves us lacking, even during what should be sunny weather Dr Jenny Goodman, a medical doctor and member of the British Society of Ecological Medicine, shared her own strategy for vitamin D absorption, reports Gloucestershire Live . She said: "I go outdoors with my legs and upper arms exposed in summer, which, I've found, gives me enough vitamin D to last until December (it is fat soluble so can be stored)." She also divulged that she takes a dose of 2,000 international units (IU, equivalent to 50 micrograms) of a vitamin D supplement each evening from October to April.
On Amazon, a jar of Vitamin D 4,000 IU Softgels Supplements costs £6.79. A packet of Ultra Vitamin D 4000IU vitamin D supplements, which consists of 96 tablets, costs £6.
15 on Vitabiotics , making each pill cost around six pence. Dr Goodman said that this is not just for bone fortification but also for "brain health, re.
