16/09/2020
Vitamin D has gained a huge amount of interest in the last decade around the world. In is unlikely that most folk have not read somewhere of its importance. I have been measuring peopleās vitamin D levels for the last 12 years and can categorically state that vitamin levels are low on the southern tip of this country. We all know that vitamin D comes from the sun. At 34 degrees South, on the Garden Route, the sun hits us at a very acute angle for more than half the year, during which time itās hard to get enough sunlight to produce the vitamin D in our bodies. Furthermore, given the concerns around sun exposure and skin cancer, most folk avoid midday sun, wear sunscreen, sunglasses, hats and thus we get less vitamin than we think. To give you an idea, normal vitamin D levels in a blood sample should be between 30 and 100, the typical levels I see are around the early 20ās.