From Sunshine to Strength: Understanding Vitamin D3 and K2

You wake up with the dreaded scratchy throat, congested head, and exhaustion, you think to yourself: "what gives, I eat healthy and exercise more than most people!"

There's no question that diet and exercise are two of the most important (or the most important) two variables for immune function.

What if you're missing something? Something BIG?

It turns out that micronutrient deficiencies can quietly chip away at your immune system - if you have micronutrient deficiencies your immunity will never be as strong as it could be. Yes, it's true that eating a whole foods diet will supply an abundance of micronutrients, especially compared to processed foods, but are you really getting enough? After all, you're still getting sick!

Inflammation: The bigger the fire the longer the burn

Have you ever gone camping and constructed a magnificent campfire that lights up the sky and nearly burns your toes? How does that fire look the next morning? Smaller, but oftentimes it's still smouldering.

That's how inflammation works in your body. The more inflammation you have the longer it "smoulders".

And guess what happens when it's smoldering?

It's DISTRACTING your immune system from invading pathogens (sickness from virus or bacteria). Your immune system must always mitigate excess inflammation, so if you encounter a bug when your inflammation is already surging then you're more likely to get sick and be down and out for longer.

Inflammation and risk of infection

This is why an abundance of research shows that elevated markers of inflammation (like C-Reactive Protein) are associated with an increased risk of infection (from virus, bacteria, or mixed).

Micronutrients can improve inflammation

What if there's specific micronutrients that target inflammation? If you're lacking it can cause inflammation to increase, but if you replenish levels it can reduce inflammation. are lacking from even "whole food diets"?

This is vitamin D, which has direct and indirect anti-inflammatory benefits.

Which is why it's one of the most important supplements in the winter, when we don't get any vitamin D from the sun in northern climates.

Choose atplab's vitamin D3 to support healthy vitamin D levels, to support your immunity.

Choose atplab's vitamin D3K2 if your primary focus is bone health, or if you don't consume many K2 rich foods, such as egg yolks, butter, or fermented foods like nattō or sauerkraut.