Vitamin D Injection
Vitamin D injections can provide a boost to your health, if you:
- have a long term health condition
- don’t get enough Vitamin D from your diet
- are feeling run down
- have digestion/gut problems
- aren’t getting enough sunlight due to job/lifestyle/sunscreen.
It is thought that 20% of the UK population are deficient in Vitamin D. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) advise that everyone in the UK should supplement daily with 10mcg of Vitamin D between October and March due to the lack of exposure to sunlight. People with darker skin are advised to supplement all year,
Symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency
A deficiency in Vitamin D can put you at risk of various health conditions, including osteoporosis, diabetes, depression and heart disease. Signs that you may need more Vitamin D include any of the following:
- Low energy and fatigue
- Low Mood
- Eczema
- Muscle/bone aches and pains
- Muscle weakness
- Hair Loss
- Generally feeling unwell
- Brain Fog
Causes of Vitamin D Deficiency
Various chronic health conditions can lead to low levels, including Gut Issues like Crohn’s and Celiac disease can cause Malabsorption which reduces the nutrients the body gets from food.
There are a number of other factors that can increase your risk of developing a deficiency in Vitamin D, including:
- obesity
- sunscreen when outdoors
- darker skin tones
- age, elderly people make less vitamin D
- spending a lot of time indoors
- if your skin is covered if outdoors
Why opt for a Vitamin D injection?
When taken orally, Vitamin D can take weeks, usually months to have some impact on your health. This is because a large proportion is lost when converted in the gut.
Vitamin D injection has more impact as it is delivered into the muscle and therefore blood stream so can be taken up and utilised by the body directly.