There is a new epidemic of something you would have never guessed; it is an epidemic of the incredible lack of vitamin D. As a society, there have been many times where one has been told inevitably as a child that one needs their vitamins – the most important being vitamin C and D. Now it has never been any true in a society where many individuals, not just teenagers, make precarious decisions to not consume meals enriched in vitamins, but rather ones lacking these essential vitamins. However, it also seems to be that this is not problem that causes the dangerous lack of vitamin D in many people of the western world but also the simple fact that they just do not get any sun. This article I am speaking about, Epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency, sweeping the world is about how the society is causing many people to become discouraged about attaining one of their most necessary vitamins in their body. Let’s face it though; there are many people who don’t get the chance to go outside all that much – a lot of people including those who go to work at 12 hours a day, those who sit inside their houses on their computers for hours on end, and those who work nightshifts. Then, there is of course the old individual, who normally stays inside their house and hardly ventures out even for a daily walk. When you start to look at the big picture and think about how many people you know who do that, unless you’re one of a few subgroup of people, you will find that you would know at least a couple of people who are like that. Given that there are over a billion people living in the US, that would be a lot of people, and if you look beyond the US it can easily become a big problem. It also speaks volumes about how important it truly is in order to keep us safe from things such as deadly diseases (some infectious) like cancer, flu, and osteoporosis. After all, without vitamin D our immune system would not activate via armament of t-cells and protect us against invasion of viruses or bacteria. It is why most people who died from the swine flu “epidemic” were the ones whose immune systems were the weakest, those who weren’t able to get enough sunlight or enough vitamin D from it to be more precise. Perhaps, considering the long reach of infectious disease, it would be not too farfetched to say that merely having one get their daily dosage of vitamin D would have prevented epidemics of infectious diseases from spreading even back then. However, back in the 17th or 18th century, it is well known that many of the common people were unable to attain proper vitamins as easier it is for people to get today. Flu season is already near its end, but if you want to be able to successfully prevent yourself from getting any of it you had better watch your intake of vitamin D. Who knows, it may just save your life.
