Okay, so maybe it’s not in the bill, but it should be.  Vitamin D deficiency is easy to test and cheap to treat and it is estimated that over 80% of Americans are deficient.   On a weekly basis, we are collecting more solid evidence that something so simple could greatly improve health for a vast majority of Americans.  The newest research out this week has to do with Vitamin D deficiency and incontinence.

Incontinence…yep, the inability to hold ones urine.  It is one of those things people don’t like to talk about but is really quite common in about 25 million adult Americans.  Approximately 80% of sufferers are women.

So, what does Vitamin D have to do with this?  Well, Vitamin D deficiency has now been associated with incontinence.

And then the other piece of news is related to Vitamin D and winter flu’s.  This one supports the idea of appropriate levels and supplementation of Vitamin D in children leading to a significant decrease in winter flu and asthma incidence.

So, if you haven’t already, get your Vitamin D tested.