Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin

Vitamin D is actually not a vitamin but a hormone, a hormone used by every cell in the body. All immune cells have Vitamin D receptors. Vitamin D deficiencies are now being associated with increased cancer risks, with autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus and even with depression and psychological disorders. Many of us living in the United States above Atlanta Georgia are vitamin D deficient, in part because we get so little sun exposure in the winter months. Also, sun block prevents our bodies from developing our own natural Vitamin D. Everyday Health