[Stormster]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/he...a1&oref=slogin

[KarynB]

Thanks for the info Storm!

Always wanted to add that I've read children with darker skin don't absorb Vitamin D from the sun as quickly or efficiently as lighter kids, so they need the supplements even more. Also - if you live in climates with little sun in winter or use lots of sunscreen it obviously effects natural Vit D exposure/absorbtion.

[shy_bear]

Our neuro doc said we should test A. for not only a lack of vitamin D, but vitamin B12 also. She said there is a rise in the number of kids who lack both of those vitamins.

[Stormster]

Originally Posted by shy_bear

Our neuro doc said we should test A. for not only a lack of vitamin D, but vitamin B12 also. She said there is a rise in the number of kids who lack both of those vitamins.

Yikes. E drinks so much milk and we spend at least an hour outside every day (plus he's so fair) I really would be surprised if he lacks it but I would like to know too!

We have a tox screen coming up (for lead) I may ask for that too!

[feelingreyt]

Originally Posted by Stormster

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/he...a1&oref=slogin

Thank you so much for posting this!
My boys drink plenty of milk, so I think they are getting enough vit D. However, since my dd is in school she doesn't drink as much milk as they do. I may have to start her on a new supplement and encourage her to drink more milk. She averages only 1 or 2 cups a day, where as the boys easily get 4!

[startedover]

Apparently it is not just our children that are lacking in the vit d department. There is a growing number of adults also deliquent in this dept. I was having some thyroid test and the dr went on and tested my vit d level. I never dreamed I would be low in that dept. I drink lots of milk and stay outside in the summer. However I was tested in the winter months and that may have been part of it, but my level was half what it should have been. I now take 50,000 unit once amonth to hopefully keep it up.