In addition, many studies have linked consumption of cow's milk to multiple health problems, but that's a story for a later time.

Should you feed your child kale instead of milk? Maybe, but it's time for us as parents to insist that our kids get outside and play again. There simply is no better way to get proper amount of vitamin D than to be in sunlight.

If you are afraid to pull video game plug and are considering giving Junior a vitamin D supplement instead, you should know that of all vitamins, vitamin D has highest level of potential toxicity. Some of better D supplement choices would be Cholecalciferol (Animal origin) and Ergocalciferol (yeast origin.)

I'm not saying kids should never be on computer, but I am strongly suggesting you consider limiting their time.

When children spend time outside, they get chance to soak up sunlight thus enabling skin to produce vitamin D - naturally. More than likely, their outdoor activities will include some good weight bearing exercise, which will allow even more vitamin D to be produced. The increased activity may also lead to weight loss and better overall health.

Vitamin-D:

Helpers- Sufficient exposure to sunlight

Robbers- Lack of sunshine and Fried foods.

Larry M. Glicken

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Larry Glicken is a Nutritional Consultant and owner of Complete Life Nutrition.com. Dedicated to helping people stay healthy. Visit www.completelifenutrition.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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