Vitamin D3 5000 IU Chicago Health 100 softgels
Once I studied the effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder not a day goes by that i don't take a small 5,000 IU softgel of our own D3. It didn't take long to notice a significant improvement in my mood, especially during the winter months when we don't see the sun here in Chicago. Surprisingly, with better mood, my level of stress dropped drastically as well. I also came across a couple studies citing that even applying a sunscreen greater than 4 spf blocks the body's natural D3 production. Try one today and let me know what have you noticed. Vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin” is really a hormone but categorized as a vitamin. This is because a deficiency is associated with the diseases rickets (bone deformities) in children and osteomalacia (poor bone mineralization leading to weak, painful bones) in adults. The body is able to synthesize pre-vitamin D3 in the skin when exposed to sunlight. The pre-vitamin D3 is rapidly converted into vitamin D3. Vitamin D3 is then transported through th