Island Fitness (206)842-5720 | Bringing Strength, Flexibility & Balance to Bainbridge Island

Island Fitness - Bringing Strength, Flexibility and Balance to Bainbridge Island

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(206)842-5720

CLUB HOURS
Mon - Thu 4:00am - 10:00pm
Friday 4:00am - 8:00pm
Saturday 6:00am - 8:00pm
Sunday 7:00am - 8:00pm

CHILDCARE HOURS
Mon - Thu 8:00am - 12:30pm
Fri 8:00am - 1:30pm
Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm

FITNESS TIPS : A "Live Longer" Supernutrient
Be it sweater or swimsuit season, a daily dose of the "sunshine vitamin" may significantly shrink your risk of disease and death.

Topic: Healthy Habits
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A Vital Vitamin
Vitamin D may be particularly helpful in thwarting cancer and arterial diseases. ) Why? It’s not entirely clear yet. But these conditions rely on cell proliferation to do their damage, and vitamin D may help slow down that process.

Making D Work for You
So how can you tap into the sunshine vitamin’s benefits? A bit of safe sun and some D-rich foods will boost your blood levels -- but only so much. To gain the life-extending effects researchers recently identified, you’ll need a daily supplement, too. Either form you find at your drugstore, vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) or vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), will do the trick.

SOURCES: Vitamin D supplementation and total mortality: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Autier, P., Gandini, S., Archives of Internal Medicine 2007 Sep 10;167(16):1730-1737.

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