Interesting.. I do think we need a balance of all the vitamins and minerals. They are all important.

Who would have thought vitamin D deficiency would happen in a place like Australia

WARNING RANT ABOUT TO HAPPEN – I am so jolly sick of pedestrian tests, etc being reported as facts. If this was so, my autistic son would be my fault, and my illnesses that I do not chose to share, be the fault of those that did not know better. HOW IRRESPONSIBLE!

I wonder if this has any impact of being vitamin D deficient in pregnancy?

This year my 3yo son was diagnosed as asthmatic, however there is no genetic disposition and I was vitamin D deficient when I was pregnant with him.

Just another reason why kids should get outdoors and have a little play.

Always knew that the more time your children stayed outside, the better they were overall.

Very true what you say. If they would test the vitamin D of everyone, a huge percentage will be deficient. We use solar cream to protect our skin from cancer, but this way we do not get enough vitamin D. And that’s so important. Not only for our body, but our mind too. It’s clearly linked to depression for example.
I read a very interesting book about it, years ago: “The Vitamin D Revolution” by Soram Khalsa. It really gives a great insight about the role that vitamin D plays in our body.

I doubt this information has much science in it because I have a Vit. D deficiency & was put on a supplement. I argued that I could spend more time in the sun rather than take more medication but the specialist’s reply was no amount of sunshine will be enough because we use sunscreen & wear clothes to protect us against skin cancer. The most common symptom from a Vit. D deficiency is bone pain which is how mine was picked up & apparently we are experiencing a world wide epidemic of ppl who need to take a supplement especially as we age because we are so scared of developing cancer from the sun.
We do need a certain amount of sun each day I was told after having a cancerous growth removed from my ear as I had avoided going out in the sun because of it. The amount of sun without sunscreen needed to make up for a deficiency is going to put you at risk of skin cancer, your GP can do a simple blood test if you think you have a problem & the cheap brands are just as good as expensive ones so long as you use D3.

Asthma can be genetic. A baby can even show symptoms of it soon after birth.
I know of one. Even if your baby is given sun exposure time, one cause of asthma can be allergens to pollen from grass, flowers etc. The more the baby / child is exposed to them the worse the asthma is. Some if their asthma becomes less frequent can be more severe and affect their heart. I personally know a teenager who is having that issue.

I found this really interesting. My son has hay fever and asthma, which is totally foreign to my husband and I, as we don’t. We’re just learning as we go along and trying our best to help our son deal with it. Now he’s 15, it’s a little easier for him to manage and understand, however it’s also now at its worst. I might try including Vitamin D in his daily routine.

Vitamin D is so important for young and old.

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  Everyone needs their Vitamin D and there are funs ways of being outside and getting plenty of Vitamin D.

An interesting article and study – more information and demographics would be handy.

Of course more factors beside vitamin D are playing a role in the development of asthma and other allergies, but vitamin D is certainly important for all of us.

Vitamin D is so important. And because of the large use of solar cream protection, more and more people have a vitamin D deficiency.

In France Vitamin D is given in supplements for newborns right through their first two years.