D is for very DESIRABLE
Oct 13, 2021
2 minutes
WORDS: KAREN EVENNETT.
Let the sunshine in
Despite its name, vitamin D is actually a hormone rather than a vitamin, explains Dr Shireen Kassam, a consultant haematologist and certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician. ‘It has receptors throughout the body and performs many roles – including gene regulation, which is why a deficiency increases your risk of many cancers, autoimmune diseases and infections.
‘Having enough vitamin D is also thought to improve brain
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