A voluntary blood testing was performed among 369 randomly selected Metro Manila office workers and the results revealed that 58% were vitamin D- deficient while 30% shown to have insufficient levels of vitamin D – Philippine College of Occupational Medicine (PCOM) director Dr. Marilou Renales
It was surprising to know that there is such a thing as Vitamin D Deficiency.
Vitamin D is an essential vitamin that can be manufactured by our own body with sunlight exposure. The sunlight exposure required to get the enough Vitamin D needed by our body depends on the time of the day, geographical location and your skin pigmentation. Dark skinned people needs more sun exposure since eumelanin (the most common type of Melanin) acts as natural sun screen protection. But we all know how sun exposure can be damaging to the skin, nyaks! So where to get Vitamin D?
Vitamin D can also be found in food, such as milk, but you need to consume a lot. An 8 ounce glass of milk contains 100 IUs of vitamin D, our body needs 800 IU of Vitamin D, do the math.
Can you drink that much milk in one day? Wait! Why do we need Vitamin D? What are the effects of having less Vitamin D?
Our body needs Vitamin D for calcium absorption and promote bone growth. Other benefits that we can get from Vitamin D:
What happens when we have Vitamin D deficiency?
With the above mentioned benefits from Vitamin D, I guess you now have an idea what happens when you don’t have enough Vitamin D in your body. Since Vitamin D aides in the absorption of Calcium, Vitamin D deficiency has a great effect on our bones. Rickets and osteomalacia are some vitamin D deficiency diseases.
Aside from sunlight and food, another way to get the enough Vitamin D our body needs is through supplement. The newest product from Unilab, a Vitamin D supplement, was recently launched:
Forti- D, the latest vitamin D supplement in the market, is a single- dose supplement that contains 800 IU of Vitamin D. “Taking one capsule of Forti- D every day helps reduce the rick of getting chronic diseases by unlocking the proper function of organs typically affected by such illnesses,” said Alex Panlilio, Unilab VP for consumer health.
Forti- D is now available in the market, sold at P6.50 (SRP).
Bambi Gundaya says
March 22, 2014 at 11:21 pmthank you for this info Mommy, it is best for me then to drink milk everday, because I seldom go outside and seldom expose to sunlight. Im a homebuddy mom and Im happy to be it that way..:-)
Ronita Dela Rosa says
March 23, 2014 at 12:07 amWhat a great benefits of Vitamin D that has a FORTI-D
Agustin John Cabredo II says
March 23, 2014 at 1:18 amNice article!
Bev says
March 23, 2014 at 6:02 amthose were great benefits of Vitamin D. I guess, (as I am not getting young anymore) I should take this supplement for better calcium absorption.
Arminda De Leon says
March 23, 2014 at 6:35 amGood information here! Question: Does Unilab have a VitD supplement for kids? Sabi nga the early the better since most kids nowadays don’t drink milk that much! Just thinking!
Abby Matic says
March 23, 2014 at 8:38 amvery informative. Love it
Neri Marin says
March 23, 2014 at 9:09 amI dont drink milk eversince o_o ..good to know unilab has a Vitamin D supplement 🙂 i should try it!
elinor semira says
March 23, 2014 at 9:13 amall i know is that vit. d comes from the sun. thanks for sharing some addl info Mommy Pehpot!
alvin imperial says
March 23, 2014 at 9:57 amnice info about this.. thank you for this review
Ann Cagalingan says
March 23, 2014 at 11:38 amEnervon,kc ang Vits.ko…maybe i’ll try this one,Thanks for posting mommy!
Abigail Tabuzo says
March 23, 2014 at 12:28 pmThis is so helpful. Thanks! 🙂
Joselma Rom Gumapac says
March 23, 2014 at 5:03 pmThanks for the info.. Now i know how to get more Vitamin D.. 🙂
Cel Fajardo says
March 23, 2014 at 6:39 pmReally great awareness about having learned about the needs of Vitamin D
Kirsten Allysandra San Juan says
March 23, 2014 at 7:23 pmGosh, I think i need this.
Emh Leonor says
March 23, 2014 at 8:58 pmthis is good for making your strong bones and healthy skin right? 🙂
sherry ann gole cruz says
March 23, 2014 at 9:15 pmthanks for this post,very informative.vitamin d is more important especially for babies..
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Rachel Anne Del Rosario says
March 23, 2014 at 10:42 pmIt is a must that we should know how to take care of ourselves especially our health since nowadays that even sometimes the young ones become sick. And we should know the different vitamins that our body needed like Vitamin D most of us didn’t know the importance of it thanks to Mommy Peh for posting it especially me as of now I’m currently pregnant i need to have a double intake of Vitamin D to nourish my baby inside my body well and it’s good to know that Unilab has a new product Vitamin D supplements to aid Vitamin D deficiency.
Khrishia Ronquillo-Sedenio says
March 23, 2014 at 11:40 pmNever knew the importance of Vit.D to our body until now. 🙂
Allyn Kate Tablante says
March 25, 2014 at 10:46 pmOne misconception of people is that they think we get vitamin D directly from the sun. Well, I may know that we just need the sunlight to manufacture Vit D yet I very very seldom go outside since I got pregnant making me look pale/sick, my teeth becoming quite weak, and I actually got sickly. I take care of my now 6 month baby everyday and since I very seldom go out of the house, even my baby gets almost no sunlight at all. I don’t know if he’s pale because he has a fair skin. But I guess after reading about this, I have to consider exposing my son to the sunlight and kasama na rin ako sa pagbibilad siyempre. Thanks, this helps.