{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How Vitamin D can Help You","description":" It's the dark days of winter in the Northern Hemisphere in which the sun shines less and is lower in the sky. That means your body has less of a chance of making vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin. Vitamin D is an essential nutrient, meaning your body can't produce it on its own. In this episode, we discuss what vitamin D is and what it does in your body, how you can get vitamin D and how using sunscreen affects how much you have, and what vitamin D defficiency means to your health. Select references cited in this podcast: Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplements on Development of Advanced Cancer:  https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2773074 The Role of Water-Soluble Viatmins and Vitamin D in Prevention and Treatment of Depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder in Adults: https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2072-6643\/16\/12\/1902 Supplemental Vitamin D and Incident Fractures in Midlife and Older Adults: https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa2202106 &amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"How to Health","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/416129","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39798530\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/39798530"}