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Aug 2021
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Vitamin D with Patrick Holford

HEIGHTS
About this episode

Patrick Holford, nutrition expert, leading spokesman, and author of 46 books, returns to discuss the benefits of vitamin D.

Today, Holford shares why vitamin D is promoted more than vitamin C, where we get our source of vitamin D, and how much of it do we need. We discuss the benefits of vitamin D in the brain, how it's produced, and how to know if we have a vitamin D deficiency.

We talk about:

  • Why is vitamin D promoted more for Covid-19 than vitamin C
  • How vitamin D is produced
  • Where we get our vitamin D
  • How much vitamin D do we need
  • Vitamin D deficiency
  • Benefits of vitamin D in the brain
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