{"id":9497,"date":"2010-08-01T06:49:03","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T10:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=9497"},"modified":"2015-12-29T06:28:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T11:28:03","slug":"vitamin-d-are-you-getting-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=9497","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin D: Are You Getting Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/iStock_Sun.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9504 lazyload\" title=\"Sun\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/iStock_Sun-300x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a>Low <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/featured\/vitamin-d-why-governments-are-selling-it-short\/7122\/\" target=\"_blank\">vitamin D levels<\/a> have been linked to an increased risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, depression and rheumatoid arthritis, among other diseases.\u00a0 And a<a href=\"http:\/\/archinte.ama-assn.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/169\/6\/626\" target=\"_blank\"> study<\/a> published in 2009 in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that 70% of Caucasians, 90% of Hispanics and 97% of African Americans in the US have insufficient blood levels of vitamin D.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The best way to determine whether or not you are deficient is to have your vitamin D blood levels measured, and you can ask your doctor to check vitamin D levels along with your regular diabetes tests, like<a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/articles\/interview-dr-zachary-bloomgarden-on-the-hba1c-assay\/8020\/\" target=\"_blank\"> HbA1c<\/a>. \u00a0 The easiest way to get vitamin D is by spending a little time in the sun.\u00a0 It is crucial, however, to avoid sunburns.\u00a0 Frequent short exposure (approximately 20 minutes) to the sun can be effective.\u00a0 If necessary, you can take vitamin D3 supplements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low vitamin D levels have been linked to an increased risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, depression and rheumatoid arthritis, among other diseases.  And a study published in 2009 in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that 70% of Caucasians, 90% of Hispanics and 97% of African Americans in the US have insufficient blood levels of vitamin D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":9504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1456],"tags":[817,610],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vitamin D Levels in Diabetics: Get Checked<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For diabetics-have vitamin D blood levels measured. 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