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Was scrolling through my camera roll and stumbled across this gem. Fashion is something I recall loving from a very young age. My mom tells me stories about me throwing fits at the age of 5 or 6 if she dared leave the house in flip flops. 😂 Of course, now, as a mom myself, all I want to wear is flip flops! My poor mom and her demanding child. 😅 Anyhow, sounds like my affinity for shoes and fashion started early and has yet to fade. Just wish I had more time each day to get makeup, hair, and outfits in order. What are your tips and tricks for getting all three done each morning??? Y'all better not @ me with waking up earlier though, cuz that ain't happenin'. 🤨😆 #ootd #makeup #hair #workoutfit #tuesdayshoesday #momlife #gettingready #scientist

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In today's edition of 'Science Says' Sunday, I'm talking about Vitamin D deficiency! ☀️ Three years ago, I experienced tiredness like never before. There were days where I could barely manage to get off the couch on the weekend, because the fatigue was simply so overwhelming. I finally decided to go to the doctor and requested they run some labs. Because my fatigue was so significant, they also ran a vitamin and hormone panel. The results were astounding. While the Institute of Medicine recommends that Vitamin D levels fall between 20-40 ng/dL, mine was 12 ng/dL. TWELVE! One week of intensive vitamin D supplementation and I was back to feeling like myself again. I’m not certain that the Vitamin D supplementation alone was responsible for my fatigue. I was a mom of two under 7, it was a very busy/stressful time for me on the faculty, etc etc. It could have very well been a placebo effect (ie, “a beneficial effect produced by a placebo drug or treatment, which cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and must therefore be due to the patient's belief in that treatment”), given that a big study in the New England Journal of Medicine (one of the premier journals in academic medicine) published a study indicating that a more appropriate cutoff might be closer to 12.5 ng/DL, based on the analysis of blood samples from hundreds of thousands of individuals. So why is it possible that my potential vitamin D deficiency may have led to such extreme tiredness?? Well, Vitamin D is not frequently found many of the foods humans consume. Furthermore, we typically get Vitamin D from the SUN! So, if you don’t consume many of the foods that contain vitamin D, or consume them in quantities large enough to provide the Vitamin D levels your body needs, AND/OR you don’t get a lot of sun exposure, then it possible you could be vitamin D deficient. So, what are some of the foods that contain Vitamin D naturally?? Fatty fish, like tuna, mackerel, and salmon Foods fortified with vitamin D, like some dairy products, orange juice, soy milk, and cereals Beef liver Cheese Egg yolks Continued in comments below!

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