Welcome to the season of the year when the days become noticeably shorter, temperatures get lower and sun rays become a distant memory.
Usually, our body is able to cover 80 to 90% of its vitamin D demand by itself with the help of UVB radiation from the sunlight. This process requires you to be outside as windows shield UVB radiation. Unfortunately, in European autumn and winter UVB radiation isn’t sufficient for the body’s synthesis of vitamin D. Nutrition is the key to compensate the deficit during these months. Besides a balanced and varied diet additional supplementation of vitamin D is highly recommended due to the small amount of foods that contain vitamin D inherently, e.g. fatty sea fish, eggs, mushrooms and certain offal. As you can see providing sufficient vitamin D by nutrition only is pretty hard for vegetarians and vegans.
A vitamin D deficiency can have a huge impact on the health of our bones in the long term because calcium can’t be deposited in them without vitamin D. In order to maintain the calcium levels in our blood calcium is released from our bones leading to a decrease of bone density over a longer period.
Traditional vitamin D products are mainly offered as caps, tablets or liquid drops. As not everybody prefers these classic dosage forms we also provide Chew Gums which resemble smooth gummy bears. Due to their unique texture and fruity flavours they are pretty popular among children and adults with difficulties swallowing classic caps and tablets. Ingredients and dosing are adjusted to your individual requirements, e.g. by adding further vitamins or omega 3 fatty acids. The Chew Gums are then sealed in a well-recyclable aluminum blister.
However, vitamin D can easily be overdosed because it’s not water-soluble and therefore can’t be excreted with urine. An overdose can lead to an increase in calcium levels in the blood and kidney stones.
If you want to learn more about vitamin D and Chew Gums as an alternative dosage form, please contact us!
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