Vitamin D - are you getting enough?

Medical science is a marvellous thing. It is thanks to scientists and researchers that we have had medical breakthroughs that accomplish such wonders as curing diseases, providing immunisations against infectious diseases, and technology and medicine to save lives. Medical science and research is continually striving to provides cures, understand in greater depth diseases and illnesses, and look at how our health can be improved.

In recent news it has been reported that the Government have recommended that everyone in the UK should consider taking vitamin D Supplements. According to officials getting the recommended amount of vitamin D a day is not doable through diet alone, especially when sunlight which helps in vitamin D production is rare.

According to a BBC news article officials think that 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 6 children in England have low levels of vitamin D. Whilst vitamin D can be found in foods such as eggs, oily fish, and fortified cereals, most people get their bulk of the vitamin thanks to the action of the sun on their skin which when limited especially during winter months causing a deficiency in vitamin D.

Mother's Day 2015 and some long overdue news........

This Mother’s Day I have been feeling very blessed.

Blessed to have such a wonderful and beautiful boy who has spoilt me with me with an adorable Mother’s Day card he made with his own fair hands.

Blessed with lots of love, cuddles and kisses from my little man.

The NHS.

The NHS is a hot topic that seems to feature daily on news headlines, with negative breaking stories of strikes, government cuts, and understaffed hospitals with overworked staff, long waiting lists, poor treatment and negligence darkening the reputation of the NHS. 

Whilst I think that we are very lucky here in the UK to have access to free health care thanks to the NHS especially compared to people in other countries where health care comes at a premium with many people across the globe not having access or being able to afford basic health care, I think it is extremely sad that disturbingly poor health care is too common in the NHS.

With negative stories and terrible cases of poor treatment and negligence being reported in the news it is no surprise that the NHS is a controversial topic that causes heated debate.  NHS workers cite lack of funding, being overworked and understaffed with high volumes of patients to treat as the cause of any issues or complaints that may arise whilst patients who receive poor treatment and negligence understandably think it is unacceptable.

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