Vitamin D

Ladies!! Its our SUNSHINE vitamin :)

Now who was it that said sun tanning is bad for you?

Women with PCOS are at a greater rick of encounter Vitamin D deficiencies.

Good vitamin D levels are mandatory for fertility, weight control, liver health, reducing insulin resistance, and avoiding exhaustion of our beloved pancreas. Being treated with vitamin D has improved menstral cycles in women with PCOS. If you are insulin resistant and weigh more than wanted, you're likely to have a low vitamin D level. Vitamin D deficiencies affects our metabolism, and could lead to a metabolic syndrome. With this vitamin we can control our blood sugar levels and by doing this we have a better chance at avoiding diabetes or handling them better. Vitamin D could be your active treatment in insulin resistance, and you can take it in the liquid supplement form or by vitamin pill form like I do.

“During the last ten years, researchers have made a number of exciting discoveries about vitamin D. They have ascertained, for example, that vitamin D is an antioxidant that is a more effective antioxidant than vitamin E in reducing lipid peroxidation and increasing enzymes that protect against oxidation. Vitamin D deficiency decreases biosynthesis and release of insulin.21 Glucose intolerance has been inversely associated with the concentration of vitamin D in the blood. Thus, vitamin D may protect against both Type I and Type II diabetes.” - Weston Price Site

Obtaining Vitamin D:

• sunlight
• salmon
• shrimp
• soy milk
• canned tuna
• Quaker instant oatmeal
• fish oil, cod liver
• oysters
• mushrooms

so as you can see mainly fishy foods but hey today seems like a great day to go fishin if you ask me:)

In your treatment plans ladies, taking supplements of both calcium and vitamin D will be beneficial! Women who want to treat their PCOS naturally should try taking vitamin D besides the medications we may use to try and concieve this is a natural way.  2000IU is what many women I spoke to were taking, so that is the supplement amount I take of vitamin D daily aswell. 

Benefits: 

Improves breast health

Improves fertility

prevents bone loss

helps nervous system health

balances mood

reduces chance of getting diabetes!

Ladies if you ask me this is a great way to persaude your hubby to go on the amazing SUNNY vacation you have been dreaming of.

Lets all do it!

Lets get tropical with the sunshine I body may just be lacking!

Your friend Court.

Todays Book

A Patient's Guide to PCOS: Understanding--and Reversing--Polycystic Ovary Syndrome  by Walter Futterweit. This book is on Amazon.com and if you have a local book store check it out :)