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It's been one of the worst winters that I can remember. In fact, last week my native Columbia, S.C. got 4 inches of snow. For the rest of the country that may seem minimal, but for Southerners that have never seen snow in their lives, it was memorable. None of us know how to drive in the snow and you could likely count the number of snow plowing trucks in our area on one hand. But even when it hasn't snowed, the weather has been gloomy at best. The sun has rarely shown us its gorgeous face and when it has, the shine has been short lived.
According to an article in US News, in the winter, it's impossible to produce Vitamin D from the sun if you live north of Atlanta because the sun never gets high enough in the sky for its ultraviolet B rays to penetrate the atmosphere.
Vitamin D is critical to a healthy functioning body because deficiencies are linked to a host of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, osteoporosis, breast cancer, colon cancer, and ovarian cancer. While this is sort of scary stuff, it can be prevented by including certain foods in your diet.
