Severe VITAMIN D Deficiency....!!!!

[fourandsixpants]

....picked up by my new Dr. On supplements now, got to have a bone density test next time I see him.

I have been so careful to eat right, plenty of vit B rich foods and A and C and E etc. I regularly eat fresh fish and canned fish like sardines and eat egg yolks.BUT I think my problem was that I have been sun 'shy' for many years as have pale skin and tried to avoid sunburn/skin cancer etc.

Darker pigmented people and elderly need to stay in sun longer than fair skinned people to get the vit D.

According to Dr G I should be getting 6 mins in the sun ev day in summer and 28 minutes or so, ev day in winter.

Chemist girls told me that they are seeing a lot of women and young teen girls with same .....getting Vit D supplements. Was told by pathology girl that Vit D oil is better absorbed by our bodies than in capsule form but have caps as prescribed

Is this something recent that is being discovered in 'plague' proportions? Anyone know?

Apparently signs and symptoms are similar to depression and that thing called SAD.

Well I was certainly experiencing a lot of muscular pain and inner bone pains for a few years.

Thank goodness my new Dr has picked this up......could have been on my way to getting ruddy ricketts!

seriously!

[aps1080]

My dog is selective, will drink out of an old plastic tub with dirty water as opposed to a clean plastic bucket.
Loves drinking out of the two metal drink bowls at the GF's.

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

that might explain why my dog will drink out of the bird bath rather than the plastic bucket I leave under the tap for him.

[fourandsixpants]

Also might be because the chlorine smell/taste is non-existent/aired/gone in bird bath compared to straight from tap?

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

Not in this case Paints. We only have rain or bore water here, no town water.

[aps1080]

I think that has something to do with it.

But she does drink out of the plastic bucket, sometimes.

Th water in the metal bowls s tap water.


Which reminds me, i think i will try to collect even more rainwater
And put that in her bucket and see what happens.

[***super_nova***]

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

I will go along with my Cat, she refused to drink water out of a plastic bowl, and will drink your water out of your glass if you have one.

I have now given her a glass bowl for her water and she is happy.

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I have always fed and watered my animals from ceramic or glass (pyrex) dishes.  And also only keep my food in ceramic or glass.  Too much nasty stuff leaches out of plastic.

[aps1080]

The Systema plastic storage is good.

All left overs go in it.