Make sure you keep your Vitamin D levels up during the dark winter months. Vitamin D is essential for keeping bones strong and may help to prevent depression and heart disease.
It is mostly made by the skin when the sun shines on it, and between October and April, the sun isn’t strong enough in the UK to produce this effect.
Top up your intake with oily fish and fortified foods such as dairy products and cereals, and when Spring finally arrives, try to get out in the sun for half an hour a day.
Avoid strong midday sun and getting burnt, and, if you get the chance, ask your GP to check your Vitamin D levels.
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