Yesterday's front page news in my local newspaper (Mobile Press-Register) was about a local doctor who said that 80% of her patients who she tested for vitaman 'D' had levels that were to low.
So....
And you're in Alabama. You're at a latitude where it's at least possible to make vitamin D from sunlight, year round.
I'm in New York. I supplement with vitamin D and I've posted quite a few articles favoring supplementation. But there are other opinions so I posted this.
Fair and balanced. ;-)