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Vitamin D Deficiency: 5 Tips To Get More Vitamin D This Winter
Vitamin D Deficiency: 5 Tips To Get More Vitamin D This Winter
Vitamin D deficiency could lead to weak, brittle bones, teeth and muscles. Here are some tips to get more vitamin D this winter.
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Sunshine is vitamin D s best source
There are a few dietary sources too that you could consider
It is that time of the year again, where it is always your quilt versus every other place in the world . It is already a challenge to find good sunshine spots in winter, and given how averse we are of stepping out in these times, we are not getting enough of sunlight, our most natural source of Vitamin D. Is that worrisome? Well, yes. Vitamin D is one of the most crucial vitamins required by our body for regulation of calcium and phosphate. Vitamin D deficiency could thus lead to weak, brittle bones, teeth and muscles. It could also result in excruciating pains and exhaustion. Many studies have linked vitamin D deficiency
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Bursting myths about egg freezing. Here s what you should know
 A ticking biological clock is the primary reason women choose to freeze their eggs. A woman s fertility peaks during her 20s and starts to decline once she reaches 30. In fact, by the time a healthy woman reaches age 30, her chances of conceiving start to see a decline coupled with other fertility-related issues as well.
In the current scenario, more women are postponing family planning until their 30s and early-40s due to several personal and professional commitments. One of the options that can be considered is fertility preservation through egg freezing that allows women to extend their childbearing years by preserving their younger, healthier eggs, says Dr.Ramya Gowda, consultant reproductive medicine, Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, Bengaluru.
Why Do Pregnant Women Need More Vitamin D? What Are The Right Sources, Expert Reveals
Why Do Pregnant Women Need More Vitamin D? What Are The Right Sources, Expert Reveals
Humans usually obtain vitamin D through dietary intake and exposure to sunlight. Very few foods naturally contain vitamin D.
Shalini Chakraborty
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Vitamin D helps in promoting insulin action and lung development
Here is an expert take on the right sources of vitamin D
With so much chatter around vitamin D and its importance, it is a good idea to know a bit more about the sunshine vitamin . Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble prohormones which were identified after the discovery of the anti-rachitic effect of cod liver oil in the early part of the 20th century. The two major biologically precursors of vitamin D are vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). Vitamin D3 is formed when the skin is exposed to solar ultraviolet rays. In a heat-dependent process, previtamin D3 is immedi
Myth #1: Egg freezing is a trial and error option or it is experimental
Prior to 2013, anyone who chose egg freezing felt that the procedure was fairly new and there wasn’t enough data available on the reasons to pursue this method. However, scientific data indicated that egg freezing is safe, effective and no longer considered experimental. The processes used in egg freezing like ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval, and even cryopreservation have actually been in use for decades and are absolutely safe.
Myth #2: Egg freezing is life-threatening to both woman and her child and no babies have been born from frozen eggs