More About the Sunshine Vitamin: How It Helps With Weight Control!
Women who had Vitamin D levels that were on the low side, but not actually deficient, had 40% more subcutaneous fat than others. That's the roly-poly kind we don't like. Another surprising finding was that women with insufficient Vitamin D levels had 80% more abdominal fat than those with high Vitamin D.
According to an article in First for Women (11/29/10), Vitamin D : " 1) Promotes fat metabolism, 2) Drains fat cells, 3) Nixes appetite and 4) Increases muscle strength." This isn't the final word. You can be sure that more studies are being done on Vitamin D and all of its benefits. You might want to have your levels checked next time you have a blood test. Shaklee's Vita-D3 comes in tiny 1,000 IU tablets. If a person needs more than that, of course, it's easy to take an extra one or two of them.
