Vitamin D Deficiency????

The sun vitamin!

I recently did a full physical at the doc. It went well and he said all was fine with me, a

nd sent me to do some bloodwork. I thought getting pricked with the awful needle was the hard part. Apparently not. :( I got a call on Friday that the doctor wanted to see me to discuss my results. I freaked out all night and all of Saturday! I couldn't even imagine what could be wrong with me. When I finally got there on Sunday (after hours of waiting might I add), the doctor told me I had a Vitamin D deficiency.

I almost cried with relief! All he did was tell me to buy a Vitamin D supplement for the time being and work on incorporating more Vitamin into my diet naturally. And maybe go for a walk and get some free Vitamin D, you know, sunlight.

I'm naturally an indoorsy person. Especially with school. My last semester was absolute hell and with school being my main concern, I definitely let my diet slip! I ate tons of junk - I'm really surprised that's the only thing I'm deficient in.

I shied away from the supplements though. I'm not too fond of pills of any kind. Here's a list of foods rich in Vitamin D:

• Fish (salmon, halibut, tuna)
• Shrimp
• Soy Milk
• Milk
• All Bran Cereal
• Eggs
• Shiitake Mushrooms

And it's summer now, so hopefully I can get off my lazy butt and go outside - my nephew and I will be going to the park a lot more, so I guess that won't be bad. :)