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Saturday’s Boot Camp

20/07/2010 by admin.

Saturday’s boot camp will be held at the Reservoir at 10 am.

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Tonight’s Boot Camp

20/07/2010 by admin.

Boot camp will never be the same…..our new recruits Chris and Andy fitted in just perfectly. Our rounders is coming along nicely too!

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Are you getting enough sun?

20/07/2010 by admin.

Unlike other vitamins, we do not need to obtain Vitamin D from the food that we eat, instead we obtain it from sunlight.  It is then stored in our bodies for future use throughout the year.  However, a high portion of the population has Vitamin D deficiency.  Vitamin D is needed for good health and for strong bones.  Research also suggests that Vitamin D plays a role in prevention of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Darker skinned people need more sun to get the same amount of Vitamin D than those with fair skin.  Between two and three 20 – 30 min segments of exposure to sunlight per week during spring and summer should be sufficient to achieve the required levels of Vitamin D due to the body’s ability to store it.  Care must be taken to avoid burning though.

Some foods do contain Vitamin D but the majority is obtained from the sun.  Foods containing Vitamin D include:

  • Fortified foods such as margarine and cereals.
  • Egg yolk.
  • Cheese, milk and butter
  • Mushrooms.
  • Oily fish
  • Liver

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