Australia is known for its harsh sun and hot summers, but Vitamin D deficiency is growing.

Vitamin D is crucial to our physical and mental health, yet most of us don't know just how much we need, and how to get it.

In this episode we speak with Roger Sutherland, a nutritionist, shift worker and host of the Healthy Shift podcast about why getting our daily dose might not be as easy as we think

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