Friend told me today she thinks I might actually have a vitamin d deficiency... apparently it's very common during the summer months in hot (read: the boiling depths of hell hot
) climates as people tend to stay out of the sun as much as possible.
The sunlight is meant to help the body synthesise the vitamin d you get in the diet which is not enough alone without the sunlight, supposedly 10-20mins each day is enough.
Sat out by the pool for as long as I could bear it, had a hat on, but the downside is that sunscreen supposedly blocks the effects and so to gain any benefit I have to go without. Seems to have worked though as is 2330 and am tired enough to feel I will sleep once I go to bed.
So my choices are apparently to be tired all summer or to get skin cancer, hmmmm.... might look into getting a shot from the doctor to balance things out a bit...?
Thought this might help anyone in the same boat as me!