Archive for December, 2008
Vitamin D: Fights Fat and a Whole Lot More!
Vitamin D is everywhere. You hear about it on the news, in magazines, even right here on empowher.com. Some tout it as the new super vitamin yet why are so many Americans deficient? It is fortified in milk, bread, cereals, and the sun right above our heads (unless you live in Portland like me) yet studies show even those living in the brightest spots are not receiving enough.
So let’s review…what is Vitamin D?
First of all, it is a fat soluble vitamin that is metabolized by ultraviolet light (particularly UVB) or from our diet. Vitamin D is [...]