Rise And Shine To Get More Vitamin D

Do you experience regular body aches and feel tired all the time, for no plausible reason?

- Anita Suryanarayan

Then there's a good chance your body may be lacking in a sizeable amount of vitamin D. Detailed research and data analysis of over 103563 samples during the last five years in Chennai, between the age group of 0 to 80, has revealed the alarming extent of the vitamin D crisis. Thus, waking up early and getting at least 30 minutes of physical activity during the day has become a compulsion for Indians and not an option.

A majority of the people tested (60 per cent) displayed symptoms of insufficient vitamin D presence. About 20 per cent of the population was declared as being deficient while a rare one per cent suffered from hyper vitaminosis. Only 16 per cent of the total population had sufficient levels of vitamin D. But shockingly, this range featured the least number of children aged 10 to 20.