Episode 9: Sunshine, Sunflowers and Vitamin D

Visibly Fit with Wendie Pett - A podcast by Wendie Pett - Mondays

In the words of John Denver, "Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy; Sunshine almost always makes me high."Like John, I've got sunshine on my mind today and let me tell you why..During an awesome girls trip to San Antonio, we passed a huge sunflower field and pulled over to soak in the beauty. I was just blown away at the beauty and majesty that these flowers embody, I just had to do a bit more research on them. What I discovered was really interesting!Follow along to find out what I learned from sunflowers and why we should follow their lead a little each day.In this conversation, you'll hear...-What Wendie learned about sunflowers...03:00Psalm 84:11Eclesiastes 11:7-Why we need to get outdoors more...07:15Over 50-90% of our vitamin D is absorbed via the sunshine source-How to know if you are vitamin D deficient...08:20-Best sources of vitamin D...14:15Portobello and maitake mushroomsMagnesium is just as important as vitamin D-Wendie's super exciting award news...20:20Spark Media: Best Lifestyle Podcast 2021 AwardTo learn more and for free resources go to www.wendiepett.com. If you haven't listened to the Introduction and the first 5 episodes of the Visibly Fit Podcast make sure you do. You will be encouraged that becoming Visibly Fit is actually within REACH. You can download the worksheets at www.wendiepett.com/visiblyfitpodcast