UNILAB takes the lead in launching Forti-D, a new vitamin D supplement
Present at the launch were (from L to R) Dr. Rudy
Pagcatipunan, Unilab Consumer (ULCH) Health Medical Director; Katherine B.
Martinez, ULCH Category Head; Dr. Marilou Renales, Philippine College of
Occupational Medicine Board Director; Dr. Alejandro Diaz, Diplomate and Fellow
of the Philippine Neurological Association; and Mr. Alexander S. Panlilio, ULCH
Division Head.
With widespread health warnings about the dangers of too
much sun exposure, opting to stay indoors to avoid harsh ultraviolet rays might
sound like a good idea. But what most people don’t know is that avoiding sun
exposure can lead to Vitamin D deficiency and increase their risk of developing
chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular diseases and certain types of cancer.
For the longest time, Vitamin D was associated directly with
bone health, but recently, it has received a lot of attention from the medical
community and the media regarding its overall health impact. Studies show that
people with chronic disease have low levels of Vitamin D.
And considering the Philippines is a tropical country, most
would likely believe they’re getting enough Vitamin D due to the mainly sunny
weather. Surprisingly and alarmingly, it was revealed that Vitamin D deficiency
is becoming prevalent among Filipinos, with 7 out of 10 working adults
identified to be suffering from such deficiency. This is based on an
ongoing study commissioned by Unilab in partnership with Hi-Precision
Diagnostics among 5,000 working adults, 18 yo and above, who live in Metro
Manila and other urban areas in the Philippines.
More than half of Filipinos are shown to suffer from vitamin
D deficiency, cases of which have been steadily on the rise in the country. In
efforts to promote awareness of vitamin D deficiency among Filipinos and
provide a solution to the silent epidemic, UNILAB takes the lead by launching a
new vitamin D supplement, Forti-D.
Various researches traced the high prevalence of Vitamin D
deficiency to increasingly indoor lifestyles, with most cooped up in the
confines of their offices during daylight. Other factors identified were
practices such as using an umbrella and slathering on sunscreen at midday,
which is actually the best time of the day to get the ideal amount of Vitamin
D. These are the common practices that people inadvertently do that lead to a
deficiency of the Sun vitamin. Nonetheless, factors such as skin color, age,
clothing choices, cloud cover, and pollution also come into play in Vitamin D
production in the skin.
It remains, that most of the Vitamin D production in the
body relies heavily on the skin’s exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet rays, since
including a Vitamin D rich food into one’s diet could only do so much as only
10 to 15% of the required daily Vitamin D dosage can be obtained from it.
It is highly advised for everyone to meet the required daily
dose of Vitamin D to ensure strong and healthy bones and proper functioning of
the body’s organs, to help reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases.
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