When consulting clients in my private practice, I look for the lowest common denominator of supplements that their body needs to be optimally healthy, and when selecting those supplements, I look for the least amount of ingredients that will get me that desired outcome. As a rule of thumb, the more ingredients a supplement contains, the more likely it is that there will be a mechanism of action that is counter-productive, that disrupts another process or triggers an unfavorable genetic tendency.

The synthesis of vitamin D is just one reason we need healthy sun exposure on a daily basis, but it is an important one. In this article, we’ll investigate how vitamin D is absorbed from sunlight exposure, how much vitamin D we can actually get from the sun, and other factors affecting vitamin D production from sun exposure.

We’re bringing you something a bit different today with Dr. Kara Fitzgerald’s New Frontiers in Functional Medicine podcast featuring Dr. Bruce Hoffman. 

The two functional medicine pioneers talk about many subjects near and dear to us at BodyBio: the importance of cell membrane health, phospholipids, lipid therapy, and how our Phosphatidylcholine, Balance Oil, and Butyrate supplements can be used in a protocol to treat complex chronic illness.