The Mindbodygreen Podcast

Ashley Jordan Ferira, Ph.D., RDN: “Most standalone vitamin D3 products on the market are sub-efficacious doses...It’s like going to get a pumpkin spiced latte and they left out the latte part.”  Ferira, mbg's Director of Scientific Affairs, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the biggest vitamin D myths she sees all the time, plus: - How much vitamin D you need daily & what amount is too much - How to maximize bioavailability - What vegans should look for in a vitamin D supplement - The link between vitamin D & fertility - How to approach food vs. sunshine vs. supplementation for D sufficiency* - How to make sure your vitamin D supplement actually works* Referenced in the episode: - Audio skip at 06:58: Ferira mentions biochemist & nutritionist Sir Edward Mellanby who discovered vitamin D in 1919.  - A study on the link between vitamin D & erectile function. - A study that 1 in 20 kids during the Roman Empire had rickets. - Ferira's mbg article on why you can't get enough vitamin D from food alone. -