{"id":226014,"date":"2026-01-07T21:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/226014\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:07:07","slug":"9-signs-you-are-suffering-from-vitamin-d-deficiency-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/226014\/","title":{"rendered":"9 signs you are suffering from Vitamin D deficiency this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The vitamin\u00a0helps regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body, which\u00a0are needed to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  During the spring and summer months, people should be able to get enough Vitamin D from sunlight, but when autumn and winter come along, there is usually less sunlight to benefit from this.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A lack of Vitamin D\u00a0can lead to bone deformities such as\u00a0rickets\u00a0in children and bone pain caused by a condition called osteomalacia in adults.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   title=\"Swindon Advertiser: The Government recommends taking a daily vitamin D supplement during the autumn and winter\" alt=\"Swindon Advertiser: The Government recommends taking a daily vitamin D supplement during the autumn and winter\" class=\"editor-image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2400 \/ 1600;\"\/>The Government recommends taking a daily vitamin D supplement during the autumn and winter  (Image: Getty Images)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/vitamins-and-minerals\/vitamin-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NHS website<\/a> states: &#8220;Government advice is that everyone should consider taking a daily vitamin D supplement during the autumn and winter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;People at high risk of not getting enough Vitamin D, all children aged 1 to 4, and all babies (unless they&#8217;re having more than 500ml of infant formula a day) should take a daily supplement throughout the year.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  If you are worried you are suffering from a Vitamin D\u00a0deficiency, here are the symptoms you need to be aware of.\n<\/p>\n<p>  What are the symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency?<\/p>\n<p>\n  The nine symptoms that people need to look out for that could indicate Vitamin D deficiency include:\n<\/p>\n<p>Fatigue<\/p>\n<p>  Not sleeping well<\/p>\n<p>  Bone pain or achiness<\/p>\n<p>  Depression or feelings of sadness<\/p>\n<p>  Hair loss<\/p>\n<p>  Muscle weakness<\/p>\n<p>  Loss of appetite<\/p>\n<p>  Getting sick more easily<\/p>\n<p>  Pale skin<\/p>\n<p>\n  Concurring with this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/vitamin-d-deficiency-symptoms#illness?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Healthline<\/a> says Vitamin D &#8220;directly interacts with the cells responsible for addressing infections,&#8221; so that&#8217;s why you can get ill more easily if your levels are low.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Recommended reading:\n<\/p>\n<p>  How do you\u00a0recover from Vitamin D deficiency?<\/p>\n<p>\n  The NHS recommends taking\u00a0daily Vitamin D supplements during the autumn and winter months to try and make up for the lack of sunlight in this time period.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Additionally, Vitamin D can be found in a small number of foods, including\u00a0oily fish \u2013 such as salmon, sardines, herring and mackerel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  You can also get it from red meat, liver, egg yolks\u00a0and fortified foods, such as some fat spreads and breakfast cereals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The vitamin\u00a0helps regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body, which\u00a0are needed to keep bones, teeth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,85,46,543],"class_list":{"0":"post-226014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-nutrition"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}