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14th August 2019
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“We’re located further north in Donegal, so we see less sunshine here. In the winter, even if it was cloudless and you lay out naked in the sun, you wouldn’t get enough vitamin D".When it comes to prevention, the Irish Osteoporosis Society recommends 15 minutes per day of sun exposure without sunscreen. Aside from this, a variety of other treatments are available which include Calcium and Vitamin D supplements, Estrogen/Hormone Therapy, Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators and more. In a previous interview with Highland Radio, Dr Coyne spoke about the dangers associated with a lack of vitamin D.
"Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin and we just don't get enough sunshine. The levels of Vitamin D that we see coming out of Letterkenny Lab can be quite low and frightening. If you don't have adequate vitamin D in your system, you can metabolise calcium properly. People who are at risk with low bone density, orosteoporosis when they get older, we would suggest calcium and vitamin D together. Calcium alone - usually in the Donegal area - just isn't going to cut it."
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