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A member asked:
What can happen if you don't take your vitamin d pills can i just get sun or do i have to take them?
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It depends: If your Vitamin D level is very low (30 or less), taking Vitamin D supplements would be a good idea at least temporarily. You can also be out in the sun, but it will take longer to build up to healthy Vitamin D levels that way -- and presumably this isn't sustainable in your usual lifestyle or your level wouldn't be low in the first place. Your doctor who knows you can give the best advice.
Answered 12/19/2019
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