Can You Get Enough Vitamin D Through A Window?

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Though the NHS recommends all adults consider taking vitamin D throughout winter (’til about March), it turns out that not all versions of the supplement are the same.

Some recent research suggests that vitamin D2 supplements may actually deplete your stores of vitamin D3, the kind more linked to a strengthened immune system.

Vitamin D3 is also the kind that sunlight creates in your body when it comes into contact with your skin.

But if two forms of vitamin D can have different effects on our bodies, does the type of light – ie, direct or indirect – matter too?

In other words: does the sunlight streaming through your windows count?

Can you get vitamin D through a window?

Some good news: you will still get vitamin D by going outside on a cloudy day, th