{"id":689053,"date":"2025-08-11T05:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T04:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=689053"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:21:15","slug":"medichecks-reveal-a-hidden-vitamin-d-crisis-and-how-your-shadow-might-be-the-key-to-solving-it-there-can-be-a-vitamin-d-crisis-even-in-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/medichecks-reveal-a-hidden-vitamin-d-crisis-and-how-your-shadow-might-be-the-key-to-solving-it-there-can-be-a-vitamin-d-crisis-even-in-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Medichecks reveal a hidden vitamin D crisis \u2013 and how your shadow might be the key to solving it\u2026. There can be a Vitamin D crisis even in the summer."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Medichecks reveal a hidden vitamin D crisis \u2013 and how your shadow might be the key to solving it&#8230;. There can be a Vitamin D crisis even in the summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even as the UK basks in sunshine, a surprising health warning is casting a shadow \u2013 quite literally \u2013 over the nation, especially for young adults. Dr Natasha Fernando, Medical Director at Medichecks, says your shadow can tell you whether your body is producing enough vitamin D: \u201cIf your shadow is shorter than you, the sun\u2019s rays are strong enough for your skin to make vitamin D. But if it\u2019s longer, or missing entirely, you\u2019re probably not getting enough, even on a sunny day,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n<p>Data from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medichecks.com\/\">Medichecks<\/a><\/span><\/span> reveals that a staggering 58% of 18 to 30-year-olds are showing suboptimal vitamin D levels, even during brighter months \u2013 despite longer days and more sunshine.<\/p>\n<p>Medichecks is the UK\u2019s leading at-home blood testing service. Since 2001, Medichecks has delivered more than 7.5 million test results to over 350,000 people. With doctor-reviewed insights, a secure online dashboard, and a Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award, Medichecks<br \/>\nempowers everyone to take control of their health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medichecks reveal a hidden vitamin D crisis \u2013 and how your shadow might be the key to solving it&#8230;. There can be a Vitamin D crisis even in the summer. Even as the UK basks in sunshine, a surprising health warning is casting a shadow \u2013 quite literally \u2013 over the nation, especially for young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":689054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689053"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":689056,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689053\/revisions\/689056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}