The winter months can be a difficult time to get enough vitamin D for those of us who live in the northern latitudes (This also goes for folks who live in warm climates but just don't leave the house often). Some studies have said that 40% of people over 65 living in Florida have insufficient levels of vitamin D. As we age we don't absorb vitamin D as readily as they do when we are young. Our bodies can't produce enough of this stuff to keep us functioning at peak performan

I was always skeptical growing up when my grandma would say that the weather affected her joints and she would experience more hand pain in the winter months. My skeptical view, however, has been challenged by real life experience as a chiropractor. Over the past few years I've had various patients tell me that they can predict weather patterns by the changes in their aches and pains. I always knew when a weather front was coming through based on when one particular patient