Study finds Irish winters can be bad for our bones, but there is a solution

Irish winters are leaving one in four older adults deficient in vitamin D, a new study has found.

Study finds Irish winters can be bad for our bones, but there is a solution

Irish winters are leaving one in four older adults deficient in vitamin D, a new study has found.

However, even during the summer, when the body usually produces vitamin D, one in eight adults over the age of 50 have been found to be lacking the essential vitamin.

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