Re: Vitamin D info-

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wrote:

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> Hi Caitlin,

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> I was wondering, How much vitamin D is made when I am exposed to

> sunlight for an hour and a half a day. Should I also take a supplement

> of Vitamin D too?

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When you exercise, you delete some of the necessary vitamins/minerals

you need. If you level is borderline low, this might happen. Calcium,

Vitamin D, and Magnesium all work together.

There are some muscle supplements that include all three. I get spasms

so deep that I have to get myofascial release which are a negative

resistance exercise treatment. Make sure you are doing your stretches

before exercise, while you are exercising, and afterwards.

I know these things but suffer when I don't practice them. If you

continue to have the problems, get your doctor to do some lab tests to

see what is going on.

My family all have a history of " leg cramps " , I remember growing up I

was always told they are growing pains. I still have them and when I

worked in the yard last week, I really suffered from the cramps.

You can go to Google and type in " self myofascial release exercises "

and they give you a large directory of information.

Vitamin D is known as the " sunshine vitamin " because the body

manufactures the vitamin after being exposed to sunshine. I found the

following information on the web.

It is both a vitamin and a hormone,

Vitamin D, sometimes called Cholecalciferol, is the only vitamin that

the body is capable of producing on its own. The only catch is that the

body must be exposed to sunlight before it can produce this vitamin.

It's not necessary to worship the sun to reap the vitamin-making

benefits. An hour a week (Ten to 15 minutes of sunshine 3 times weekly)

is generally adequate to produce the body's requirement of vitamin D.

All of the body's other daily requirement of vitamins must come from

the diet and/or via supplementation.

Bennie