• Vitamin D for Black and Brown People

  • Sep 23 2024
  • Length: 15 mins
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Vitamin D for Black and Brown People

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  • Called ‘the sunshine vitamin’ vitamin D is the only vitamin that the UK Department of Health and Social Care recommends that adults and children over the age of four should supplement daily because insufficiency is widespread. While there is some controversy about the threshold for deficiency in the general population, what is consistently observed is that Black and Brown communities have lower serum levels compared to white individuals in the same countries, and that this difference may contribute to some of the observed health disparities.


    In this week’s episode I’m explaining why vitamin D levels can be so low in these groups, the potential implications, particularly in relation to brain health, and what you can do about it.


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    The company I used for ny vitamin D testing (OmegaQuant) no longer offers this specific test.


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