Vitamin D

I talk a lot about mental health, which is part of the reason I’m talking about vitamin D deficiency. African American skin absorbs vitamin D from the sun at a much slower rate because the melanin in the epidermal, the outermost layer of our skin makes it challenging for the body to produce vitamin D from sun light.

So, you want to make sure you are getting your vitamin D from other sources like vitamin supplements and foods with vitamin D.

Fish like salmon, trout, mackerel, shrimp, and eel.
Mushrooms
Almond Milk
Orange juice
Fortified tofu
Egg yolk
Oatmeal
yogurt

Benefits of Vitamin D:

Healthy bones and teeth
Strong immune and nervous system
Better cognitive function
Insulin level regulation
Healthy pregnancy
Infants health
a decreased risk of asthma, dermatitis and eczema
flu risk production by 50 percent.

Vitamin D deficiency can cause :

Depression
Frequent sickness
Fatigue and tiredness
Orthopedic pain
Muscle pain
Delayed wound healing
Bone loss
Hair loss

With the current Covid 19 pandemic crushing us, I recently learned that african americans have a higher death rate, in some states such as Illinois and Louisiana, as much as 72%. Another thing I’ve learned is that most of the people who died from this virus were very low in vitamin D.

I am by no means a doctor, but in my research this is what I found, so I would encourage you to also do your own research.