| The quick test to see if you have a Vitamin D | | | | considered a hormone is because it is created by |
| deficiency will only take 10 seconds. Start by | | | | the body when sunlight hits the skin. Also when it |
| pressing your thumb on your sternum | | | | binds with calcium for proper absorption in the |
| (breastbone). If you find that it is tender or painful | | | | human body it acts as a Vitamin. If you have a |
| then that is one sign. Second part of the test is, | | | | Vitamin D deficiency your body cannot absorb |
| press on the tibia (shin bone) of both your legs to | | | | calcium. Furthermore your body cannot even |
| see if they are also sore. If the answer to both | | | | activate essential fatty acids; an example of this |
| these test are "yes" then there is a 93 percent | | | | is omega-3. Vitamin D is absolutely essential but |
| chance you have a Vitamin D deficiency. This is | | | | many people don't have enough. |
| one of the most common deficiencies in our | | | | Signs of deficiency |
| culture. | | | | This tenderness in the bones can not only be |
| What is Vitamin D and what does it do for us? | | | | seen in cases of osteomalacia (softening of the |
| You need to know what Vitamin D is and what it | | | | bones), but also in fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue |
| does for us. Vitamin D is both a hormone and a | | | | syndrome and even the pain associated with |
| Vitamin (vital amine). The reason Vitamin D is | | | | chronic depression. |