Unless you’re getting your recommended 10 mins a day of sunshine year round or are proactively including vitamin D in your diet through food or a natural vitamin D supplement, chances are you will be lacking throughout the darker, winter months of the year.

Only 50% of the world’s population have adequate vitamin D levels in winter¹. While you can get some vitamin D from a balanced diet, the primary source of vitamin D for most people is the sun and if you’re unable to get sufficient exposure due to season, latitude or lifestyle, a natural vitamin D supplement is a well-researched, beneficial and simple solution¹.

Why You Need Vitamin D

Vitamin D is commonly referred to as the sunshine vitamin because we mostly get vitamin D via the sun, which is absorbed by the skin then converted from vitamin D3 (the inactive form) into calcitriol (the active form). While all vitamins and minerals play important roles in maintaining optimal health, vitamin D is particularly important because it is used in nearly every body system, including the musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, renal, endocrine and cardiovascular systems.

Vitamin D improves uptake of calcium by the body, thereby helping to maintain optimal bone health and reduce risk of osteoporosis and ostopenia². To achieve recommended BMD (Bone Mass Density) in childhood and adulthood, adequate vitamin D intake (as well as calcium intake and regular exercise) is recommended². In addition to promoting bone health, vitamin D will also help strengthen muscles, and there is strong evidence to suggest that sun and vitamin D can reduce the risk of 17 types of cancer². Vitamin D has also long-been recognised for its function in boosting immunity and acting as an anti-inflammatory in the body.

A Natural Vitamin D Supplement for You

To avoid vitamin D deficiency in winter, discover our plant-based and vegan vitamin D supplements.

Wild Nutrition Food-Grown Vitamin D

This food grown vitamin D source provides your body with vitamin D3, which the body then converts to active calcitriol. Calcitriol will boost your winter health by working on the immune, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems. It will also enhance the absorption of calcium ingested through other food sources. All you need is a capsule a day and this jar will provide a month’s worth of vitamin D.

Garden of Life Mykind Organics Vegan D3 Spray

Spray away with this vegan D3 supplement that includes organic plant omegas, organic pumpkin seed oil and organic cranberry seed oil without any added sugars or preservatives. It tastes good so can be sprayed straight into your mouth or mixed through your favourite beverage.

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1. Van Schoor N & Lips P. (2018). Worldwide Vitamin D Status. Vitamin D (Fourth Edition) Volume 2: Health, Disease and Therapeutics (pp. 15-40). VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2. Grant WB & Holick MF. (2005). Benefits and Requirements of Vitamin D for Optimal Health: A Review. Alternative Medicine Review. Volume 10, Number 2.