Vitamin D Testing. Is it Necessary?
It’s well documented that vitamin D is critical in bone remodeling but is also plays a key role in maintaining other aspects of overall health. Recent research revealed that people with higher levels of vitamin D have reduced the risk in certain cancers including:
Increasing your vitamin D Levels
Both diet and exposure to sunlight are two ways to get vitamin D. Since the normal diet is relatively low in vitamin D, supplementation may be necessary with D3 pills which are available without a prescription.
Appropriate Test Levels
The levels for Vitamin D are as follows:
- prostate cancer
- endometrial cancer
- skin cancer
- pancreatic cancer
- colorectal cancer
- cardiovascular disease
- hypertension
- autoimmune diseases
- type 1 diabetes
Increasing your vitamin D Levels
Both diet and exposure to sunlight are two ways to get vitamin D. Since the normal diet is relatively low in vitamin D, supplementation may be necessary with D3 pills which are available without a prescription.
Appropriate Test Levels
The levels for Vitamin D are as follows:
- less than 10ng/mL would be considered Deficient
- 10-30ng/mL is considered Insufficient
- 30-100mg/mL is considered Sufficient