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Sleeping... most of us probably are not getting the hours we need and changing that may be out of our control. The quality of sleep we get is something we can work on with improving our sleep environment, bedtime routine, and knowing how what we do earlier in the day will affect our sleep. Take your Vit D in the morning and get 15 minutes of sun exposure on bare skin.
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**Vitamin D for better sleep?**

An interesting pilot study recently looked into whether taking supplemental vitamin D can improve sleep quality and quantity.

Folks were given 50,000 IU of vitamin D every 2 weeks for 8 weeks. This raised their blood levels from 25 ng/mL (62.5 nmol/L) to 37.7 ng/ml (94 nmol/L). The placebo group had blood levels of 27.6 ng/mL (69 nmol/L), which remained unchanged throughout the course of the study.

After 8 weeks, the sleep scores in the vitamin D group improved significantly. While the placebo group saw no change in their sleep.

Now, it's important to keep in mind that this was only an exploratory study. It is far from definitive. But it hopefully opens up a new avenue of vitamin D and sleep research.

To learn more about this study, and vitamin D's potential to aid in sleep, check out Examine.com's thorough write up (credit to them for this image, too): https://examine.com/nutrition/can-supplemental-vitamind-improve-sleep/

For more tips on how to improve your own sleep, or help clients with their sleep, we've got you covered there too:

-- http://www.precisionnutrition.com/hacking-sleep
-- http://www.precisionnutrition.com/power-of-sleep-infographic

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