www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1217540...-frequent-falls.html

Started taking D3 about 10 days ago - and already I have experienced a huge beneficial effect. Energy levels are higher and general wellbeing. I am taking the SOLGAR 1000 tablets ( google or go to your local health shop - pharmacy )

This latest article shows that for OAPs it actually reduces by 26% there chance of falling over. That is quite a big help for OAPs who often suffer falls.

This VITAMIN has been overlooked by the mainstream who have concentrated on the VITAMIN C health benefits for too long.

D3 has omega 3 - 9 - 12 as well : so it also helpes with brain function.

The SWINE FLU can be defeated by D3 in conjunction with Vitamin C and excellent hygiene as many have written.

It has no side effects and it is a quick and easy way to help most people feel a whole lot better.

Others I have got this for report back the same improvements !!

I am just suprised that I have never heard of this before - had anyone else ? or once again have we had this hidden from us by the media ?

Interesting; I may buy some!

www.solgar.co.uk/product/solgar-vitamin-...s-E3340.html?catid=3

£6.74 for 100 days of D3

D3 comes from Sunshine and oily fish. Between October and April most of us are in deficit of this vitamin. In addition certain medications deplete D3 including any types of drugs for epilepsy etc.

It is a cheap way to bring some sunshine into your body each day through the autumn and winter.

Stockists for those who dont buy on-line

www.solgar-vitamins.co.uk/index.php?opti...st&Itemid=71

you don't need vitamin supplements, just a healthy and varied diet, with plenty of fruit and veg.

Problem these days is that "healthy" food is 50% less in vitamins than it used to be. Especially if it is irradiated.

D3 has very little to do with food. It is a SUNSHINE vitamin.

In the OLDE DAYES we all used to work outside in the sun for the 6 hours in the winter and the 16 hours in the summer. Therefore we created our own D3.

These days because we are mostly working indoors and often under artificial light - we have depleted D3.

The MAIL article makes it clear that 26% of OAPs dont fall if they take D3.

Drugs and Supplements do work - some do damage ! and some are useful.

I do agree that if you eat 5 portions of fruit and veg ( fresh ) per day - and you dont eat any junk food - and you eat oily fish with Vitamin D3 at least three days a week - you need not take anything else.

Sad to say - 99% of the working population eats sandwiches for lunch - cereals for breakfast - and has at least one takeaway a week. Therefore, most people are deficient in certain things.

D3 at these levels is impossible to get through food - and we would have to sunbathe for 7 hours a day ! in a UK winter to get the right amount. Therefore I have decided to go for the lazy alternative - and take a 6p capsule a day. I value my health highly !! It really does make a difference and I dont smoke - hardly drink and I tend not to eat processed food at all - and I dont eat drink full fat milk. I only have red meat once a week. I have fish twice or three times a week. Yet despite that my D3 is very low because I work in front of PC most of every day for min of 10 hours ( and I also come here in my breaks )

so we'll end up like you BR with Vitamin D3 ?

seriously-I'm going to take your advice. I was just about to visit a local doctor who was handing out male hormone patches that get you buzzing but he got struck off last week.

I have to agree that sunshine has an amazing affect on your health and is the main reason why I now live in Oz.

Even a couple of hours in the sun seems to change your mood and give you energy-although of course those of us from northern climates are at constant risk of skin cancer which kills so many people here.

However this weekend it's pouring with rain like you only ever see here..constant fierce lashing stinging rain with thunder and lightening that frightens the cows and once a friend visiting from London who encountered a similar storm actually hid under his bed in his hotel room, petrified.

Some of us do live in the countryside, spend a reasonable amount of time outdoors and still grow our own garden vegetables, so I guess we make our own vitamin D3.

indeed you are correct-if you are outside a lot growing your vegies you will be getting plenty of vitamin D..the sun's rays are still there even if covered by clouds.

Exactly - if you live in the countryside the only time you would need to top up like this would be the November - February months or if you are medication that depletes the vitamin.

For those of us who work in big cities behind computer screens or in dark venues then D3 is the best thing we can take to supplement our diet.

I am jealous of those who have land in the countryside !

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/10486310.stm

UCL are now saying there is mounting evidence for a NATIONAL VITAMIN D programme ! This is quite a new thing and at last our scientists are admitting there is a massive problem in the UK with this deficiency.

I have improved my life 100 times since starting taking D3 ( Solgar ) and now take 2,000 IUs a day which has banished my back problem completely and when at festivals the other week I could jump around for the first time since the mid 1980s......stunning !!!

If you have not yet got yourself onto D3 then it will be the best thing you will ever do in terms of diet. Remember that Sun creams stop you from getting D3 ( they block everything ) and many people dont get enough D3 through sun exposure in any case. Medications often lower your D3 as well - check with your doctor.

D3 and Vitamin C are the main building blocks of immunity - a good diet and other supplements if you dont assimilate certain vits etc are also worth considering.

Almost every week there is a new study showing that D3 is THE supplement to take. Especially if you are pregnant or suffering joint or back problems and if you are over 40.

david wrote:
just a healthy and varied diet, with plenty of fruit and veg.

Providing the Mad Farmers haven't got to it !

The way food is grown these days ANY good ness is removed and you probably grow an extra arm.

Organic food is pretty good and if you live in or near the country there are plenty of decent farm shops.....I agree that much of the industrial stuff is very suspect.

Just bought some, BR - will let you know if they work !