Saturday, October 31, 2009

Desperate to be healthy

Ever since we came home from our annual Florida vacation in mid-October, one or more of our kids has been sick. No H1N1 that we know of, just nasty, hacking coughs. The kind of cough that makes people turn in horror that you brought that sick kid out into the world. Add to that the nasty rain we've had the whole time and it's easy to understand how we are going stir crazy around here! A couple days ago , Andrew heard a radio health program that said most Americans are vitamin D deficient, especially during the winter, because we do not get enough sun. Without enough vitamin D, we can't properly absorb vitamin C. Too little Vitamin C - and you get colds! The guy went on to explain that 10 minutes a day is all you really need. Armed with this sanity-saving information, my dear husband came home announcing the above and that as soon as we could see sun, we were all going to sit outside in it for 10 minutes.
Ahhh, I can feel the health emanating from our bodies already :)

1 comment:

  1. Here is the bad news... Illinois is above the 37 degree latitude which apparently makes it very hard for skin to absorb any vit d in the winter. bummer huh :(http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/time-for-more-vitamin-d.htm

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