Lauri Drager

Kaplan University

The Importance of Vitamin D
The Ins and Outs of
Vitamin D
What is Vitamin D???
Sunlight
Supplements
Food
What Does Vitamin D Do?
Strong, Healthy Bones
Muscle Function
Cardiovascular Health

Deficient in Vitamin D?
Rickets
Osteomalacia
Cancer
Asthma
Type II Diabetes
High Blood Pressure
Depression
Alzheimers
Autoimmune Disorders
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The Sun & Vitamin D
Time of Day
Where You live
Color of Your Skin
Amount of Exposed Skin

The Sun & Vitamin D
Time of Day
Where You live
Skin Type
Different Skin Type Table
Skin Type Skin Color Skin Characteristics
I White; very fair; red or blond
hair; blue eyes, freckles
Always burns, never tans
II White: fair; red or blond hair;
blue, hazel or green eyes
Usually burns, tans with
difficulty
III Cream white; fair; with any
eye or hair color; very
common
Sometimes mild burn,
gradually tans
IV Brown; typical Mediterranean
Caucasian skins
Rarely burns, tans with ease
V Dark brown; mid-eastern skin
types
Very rarely burns, tans very
easily
VI Black Never burns, tans very easily
(How do I get Vitamin D, n.d.).
Supplements
Recommended Daily Intake
Vitamin D Council Endocrine
Society
Food and
Nutrition
Board
Infants 1,0000 IU/Day 400-1,000
IU/Day
400 IU/Day
Children 1,000 IU/day per 25
lbs of body weight
600-1,000
IU/Day
600 IU/Day
Adults 5,000 IU/Day 1,500 2,000
IU/Day
600 IU/Day,
800 IU/Day for
seniors
(How do I get Vitamin D n.d.)
Who Should Not Take Vitamin D
Supplements
Those with Medical Condition such as:
Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
Granulomatous Disease
Kidney Stones
Kidney, Liver or Hormonal Disease
High blood calcium levels

References
What is vitamin D and how does it work? (n.d.)
Retrieved August 24, 2014 from
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/about-vitamin-
d/what-is-vitamin-d/#
How do I get the vitamin D my body needs? (n.d.)
Retrieved August 24, 2014 from
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/about-vitamin-
d/how-do-i-get-the-vitamin-d-my-body-needs/