With the sun out and people out to play sun exposure and vitamin D intake as it relates to sun cancer is a perfect topic.

The main messages covered in this segment are listed below:

-Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that helps with bone health, immune system and prevents types of cancer.

-You can consume it through diet (mainly animal sources), or it is produced in your skin through sun exposure (5-15 minutes for light skin and 30+ minutes for darker skinned individuals)

-Some rates of cancer is reduced with sun exposure but too much sun can develop skin cancer so a balance is needed.

-You can overdose on Vit D supplements, but not from sun exposure.

To listen to the clip, click here. Next week we’re covering fibre and fun fruits.