The Sunshine Lotion: Amp Human’s D+
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The Sunshine Lotion: Amp Human’s D+
Providing 5,000 IU of vitamin D absorbed directly through your skin with each daily dose, D+ Lotion offers an innovative and effective way to make sure you’re getting enough of this vital nutrient.
In Partnership with Amp Human
By Owen Clarke
By Owen Clarke
When you come home from a 10-mile run on a hot, sunny day, you can rest easy knowing you soaked up plenty of vitamin D from those sun rays, right?
Well… not necessarily.
Vitamin D levels are dropping across the world, and not just because people are spending more and more time inside. Did you know that when you wear sunscreen at 30 SPF, for example, your skin’s capacity to absorb and synthesize vitamin D is reduced by 95%?
It explains why a recent study of the USC Women’s Tennis Team found over 75% of the women were deficient in vitamin D, and they spend all day outside in sunny California!
This is bad news for all of us, because vitamin D is one of our body’s most critical nutrients. It plays a role in regulating everything from bone and muscle growth to immune and cognitive function. Vitamin D fights the flu, reduces anxiety and depression, fights inflammation, and can boost weight loss. Of particular note, it plays a major role in preventing stress fractures. I could go on, but the list of vitamin D’s benefits is longer than a CVS receipt, and more and more are being discovered every month, so you can do that research on your own time.
It’s not just the USC Tennis team, either. Over 70% of Americans are deficient in vitamin D.
“Okay, sure,” you’re telling yourself. “But I take vitamin D supplements every day already.”
Unfortunately, that’s not a great solution, either. vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, meaning it needs fat to be absorbed. Those pressed pills and softgels you buy over-the-counter at your local pharmacy are often ineffective methods of absorption. If you aren’t eating enough fats when you take your supplements, you aren’t getting the vitamin into your system, and even then, usually the level of absorption isn’t perfect, so you’re absorbing a far lower amount of vitamin D than it says on the bottle.
So what’s the answer?
D+ Lotion.
This cutting edge supplement from Amp Human, the brand behind the revolutionary performance-boosting PR Lotion, is an aloe vera-based gel you rub into your forearms. Each two-pump dose contains 5,000 IU of vitamin D3, allowing you to absorb it directly through the skin. You apply it in seconds, and it dries in less than a minute.
No horse pills, capsules, or softgels to choke down. No worry about digestive issues or poor absorption.
Just pure vitamin D absorbed right through your skin, just like it’s coming straight from the sun.
D+ Lotion is no snake oil, either. It’s backed by two clinical studies, proving it can triple your vitamin D levels in as little as three months. When you’re heading out the door in the morning for your run, just squirt a dollop of gel onto your inner forearm, rub it in, and you’re ready to roll.
You can apply sunscreen afterwards, and rest easy knowing you’re both protecting yourself from harmful UV rays AND getting the vitamin D you need, all without relying on your digestive system.
At $25 for a 60-day supply of daily 5,000 IU doses, D+ Lotion offers a price on par with the ineffective vit D pressed pills at your local pharmacy, too. So there’s no downside, whatsoever.
For runners and outdoor athletes everywhere, D+ Lotion presents an innovative and effective way to make sure we’re all getting enough of a vital nutrient.