At-Home Vitamin D Test
Get insight into your Vitamin D levels with this simple to use at home test. With many commonly shared symptoms such as fatigue, low energy and depression, it can be challenging to know if you have a Vitamin D deficiency without testing.
What is Vitamin D?
The major form of vitamin D found and measured in your blood is 25-hydroxyvitamin D. It is relatively inactive but is the precursor to the active hormone.
Vitamin D is also known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’ as most of the vitamin that the body requires is produced through the skin’s exposure to the sun. Vitamin D also comes from the food however it can be difficult to get all that the body requires from just the diet.
What are the most common symptoms of a Vitamin D deficiency?
Low levels of vitamin D can result from inadequate exposure to sunlight, low dietary intake or intestinal absorption issues. It can result in rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.
Common symptoms include:
• Fatigue
• Low energy
• Weakness
• Muscle and joint pain
• Thinning hair
• Depression
How to test your Vitamin D levels?
Vitamin D Test
£44.99
Get insight into your Vitamin D levels with this simple to use at home test. Playing a part in optimal immune health, many customers choose to test their Vitamin D levels periodically to ensure that they proactively looking at their health and wellbeing.
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How can improve my Vitamin D levels?
Whilst a number of foods are now fortified there are limited dietary sources of vitamin D if you follow a vegetarian or vegan diet, therefore getting adequate vitamin D can be challenging. Regardless of your diet over the winter in the UK the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) recommends that everyone over the age of 5 should take a daily vitamin D supplement containing 10 micrograms (or 400 IU) of vitamin D.
The best sources of vitamin D are listed below:
- Cod liver oil
- Rainbow trout
- Salmon
- Mushrooms
- Sardines (canned in oil)
- Fortified milk
- Fortified soy, almond and oat drinks
- Fortified cereals
- Eggs
- Tuna
- Beef liver
- Cheddar cheese
- Tofu
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Frequently asked questions
How do you test for vitamin D?
Vitamin D can be tested with a simple at-home blood test. A small amount of blood is taken via a finger prick to fill a blood collection tube.
How can I test my vitamin D at home?
You can order an at-home blood test from The Health Hub. There is a simple process to follow that involves a finger prick blood sample which you return with a prepaid postage label to the lab to receive your results.
What is a good vitamin D test result?
A result of 50 > nmol/L is considered to be a good level of vitamin D.
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