23 Apr 2018

Getting enough Vitamin D over summer

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 23 April 2018
It's a hot start to 2018.

It's a hot start to 2018. Photo: 123RF

With the days getting shorter, have we stored enough vitamin D from the summer sun to get us through the winter?

Dr Pamela von Hurst from Massey University's Vitamin D Research centre is an advisor to the Ministry of Health. She explains how long our vitamin D stores last, and the best ways to retain those levels over winter.

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