Recognising the signs of deficiency<\/p>\n
The red flags of Vitamin D deficiency don’t show themselves immediately. \u201cEarly signs can be subtle,\u201d Jassera notes. \u201cCommon symptoms include fatigue, low mood, muscle weakness, bone pain, and frequent illness due to reduced immunity.\u201d Since these can overlap with other conditions, both experts recommend regular blood tests for confirmation rather than self-diagnosing.<\/p>\n
What helps Vitamin D work best? <\/p>\n
Vitamin D doesn\u2019t act alone. Dr. Alashkar highlights several nutrients that improve how the body absorbs and uses it:<\/p>\n
Healthy fats like olive oil, avocados, nuts, and fatty fish<\/p>\n
Calcium, which works alongside Vitamin D for bone health<\/p>\n
Magnesium, needed to activate Vitamin D in the body<\/p>\n
Zinc and Vitamin K\u2082, which support bone and immune functions<\/p>\n
Simply pairing Vitamin D\u2013rich foods with healthy fats\u00a0 for instance, drizzling olive oil over a tuna salad helps the body make the most of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recognising the signs of deficiency The red flags of Vitamin D deficiency don’t show themselves immediately. \u201cEarly signs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[102,6636,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-222431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-nutrition","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}