Feline Butcher Unravels The Five Best Benefits Of Vitamin D

A question on everybody's mind is, "Am I getting enough vitamin D?" Not getting enough means your body is not absorbing the calcium and phosphorous it needs to maintain a healthy weight, immune system and lowers our risk of heart attack, cancer and arthritis.

5. Immune System

Vitamin D is the shield given to the immune system to help fight off foreign, invading organisms and gives the body protective immunity. Deficiency in vitamin D increases your chances of infections, autoimmune diseases and the common cold.

4. Rheumatoid Arthritis

Feline Butcher says deficiency in vitamin D can increase your risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that has the body's immune system attack its own tissues, especially the joints. Vitamin D regulates the immune system which could avoid the risk of getting rheumatoid arthritis.

3. Healthy Body Weight

Vitamin D informs inceptors in your brain that you aren't hunger and keeps cravings at bay. Feline Kondula Butcher explains that the mood elevator serotonin increases, which helps a lot with the usual crankiness that follows dieting. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium, which prevents the body from producing fatty acid synthase. This enzyme converts calories into fat. Feline Butcher recommends eating foods rich in vitamin D and getting 15 minutes of sunshine a day can get your body out of that fat storage state.

2. Cancer

Several studies have come to prove that having the right amount of Vitamin D could greatly lower your chances of developing any type of cancer.

1. Heart Attack

Feline Butcher encourages all of us to include more vitamin D into our lives, because it can lower our risk of heart attack and early death.