Switching from solar to dietary Vitamin D

Vitamin D recycling meets Autumn meal-planning

Here comes the transition from early Fall to late Fall.

Soon, the sun will be low in the sky all day.

Life seems to slow down, and yet, remain busy at the same time.

Hi! I’m Nikko, a perinatal quantum biology practitioner and certified labor and postpartum doula. I write Brighter Days, Darker Nights to help families and practitioners learn and implement circadian and quantum lifestyle strategies.

Autumn Sunshine

This time of year, the sun in here Oregon begins to feel watery. It takes much longer outside to feel it penetrating the deeper layers of the body. Part of this is because soon, the sun will no longer be rising high enough above the horizon for skin to generate significant Vitamin D. In total, we have 80 days of this darkness at this latitude, beginning in early November.

You can find out for your latitude using the UV index, or, you can use the app Dminder. Here’s what the chart from the Dminder app showing the changes in solar noon across the year looks like (this one is for So…