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Now that we’ve all changed our clocks back in an effort to conserve daylight for the winter months (except the lucky folks in AZ & HI), I find myself driving to and from work in the dark. I live in the North near the Canadian border where the sun rises at 7 am and sets at just before 4 pm. Getting that much needed vitamin D can be incredible tricky when you’re sitting in an office or at school all day.
When you think of vitamin D, you probably picture a day lounging at the beach. And while…
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