Could it be that social evolution has made vitamin D deficiency a necessary evil? Studies have shown favorable effects on insulin secretion and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic patients who received vitamin D3 supplementation.

The study evaluated 10 females with type 2 diabetes. The patients enrolled in the study treated their diabetes with oral medications. The study was conducted in March, when levels of vitamin D are lowest due to lack of sunlight. A group of 17 females with normal glucose tolerance served as a control group. The diabetic patients were treated for a month with vitamin D3. After the month, the patient's receiving vitamin D3 had increased their insulin secretion levels significantly by 34.3%. The results showed a decrease of 21.4% in insulin resistance after one month of vitamin D3 supplementation.

Back in the day, our ancestors would have full body exposure to the sun throughout the year. Nowadays, that number has been reduced to a mere 5% with only our face and hands acting as a welcome mat for the sun. A major source of vitamin D is its production in our skin as a result of UV exposure from sunlight. Lest we not take Mother Nature's generosity for granted. Everybody looks good with a little color. It'll look even better when your A1c drops as your sun-kissed glow picks up. If all else fails - you can always run off to a nudist colony where social reservations and clothing are optional!

Kerri Morrone, one of my favorite bloggers -- who happens to be living with diabetes without allowing it to define the life she lives -- blogs over at Six Until Me. She also writes a column at dLife, and her latest column Diabetes Can be a Day at the Beach: Integrating Your Pump Into the Summer Season is a reassurance that integrating the pump into summer wear isn't nearly as daunting and formidable a task as one might imagine before making the attempt. Perhaps a little trickier and requiring a little more ingenuity, than say, wearing the pump under layers of winter clothing might require -- but she shows how it can be done, and done well.

Morrone also shares the sometimes amusing and less than astute observances made by the general public. There are, of course, the experts who wander among us, who know everything. Just ask them about anything and they will clarify exactly what you are looking at but might not understand. You will see what I mean after you read Morrone's column. What a pinhead the guy was -- that's all I am going to say. To read her column, go here.