Hypovitaminosis D
Color of you skin makes a difference in how much Vitamin D you get
Doctors have been aware of the importance of Vitamin D for a few years now. The vitamin, which is more like a hormone that other vitamin, is partly responsible for a whole host of bodily functions, including regulating just how happy you are. But it turns out that it’s a lot harder for black Americans to generate Vitamin D.
No dose of sunshine: Growing number of Americans are Vitamin D deficient
A new report in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that between 1994 and 2004, the number of Americans with Vitamin D deficiency rose. And a lack of the vitamin isn’t just tied to rickets anymore, but to cancer, heart disease and infections.