WEEK, JUST IN TIME FOR THE 4TH OF JULY. WELL, IN THIS MORNING’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, WE ALL GET VITAMIN D FROM BEING IN THE SUN, BUT HOW MUCH DO WOMEN REALLY NEED? WOMEN AGES 30 TO 70 NEED ABOUT 600 ...

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Your body needs a wide range of vitamins and nutrients to run efficiently, but there are some that are harder to get from foods than others. Vitamin D is one of them. While some foods do contain ...

Vitamin D is commonly absorbed into the body from sunlight, but how much do women really need? Women between ages of 30 and 70 need about 600 international units, and once they're over 70, that number ...