Wonderful experience working with them!! Valerie has been so informative, patient, kind, and such a pleasure! It’s great to feel confident and trustworthy with someone taking care of your child.
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is critical to the proper functioning of your body, including bone health and immunity. Unlike other vitamins, our bodies have the ability to make Vitamin D when our skin is exposed to sunlight – and it doesn’t take much! Too much sun exposure can lead to skin damage and increase your risks for skin cancer.
Vitamin D is essential for helping our bodies absorb and retain calcium and phosphorus which are critical for bone health. Studies show that vitamin D can reduce cancer cell growth, improve hair, skin, and nails, support mood, help control infections, and reduce inflammation.
️ Regular sun exposure is the most natural way to get enough vitamin D. To maintain healthy blood levels, aim to get 10–30 minutes of midday sunlight, several times per week. People with darker skin may need a little more than this.
The best time to soak up the sun (sans sunscreen) is between 8 and 10 a.m. before the sun is at its peak.
⚠️ If you’re planning on spending more than just a few minutes in the sun, especially in the middle of the day when UV rays are most intense, take care to make sure you’re not overdoing it! Follow some of our tips here to enjoy your time outside safely!
⚖️ As with all things in life – it’s all about BALANCE!
If you’re going to be out in the heat of the day for extended periods, it’s important to protect yourself and your kiddos from the most intense rays to avoid sunburn!
See above a few non-toxic options safe for kiddos! ⛱ Badger can typically be found in some big box stores, others at health food stores like Fresh Thyme or Whole Foods, and all of these can be found online at Amazon, Thrive Market, or at other retailers listed on individual brands websites.
When shopping sunscreen check out labels and aim to avoid any that contain:
Active ingredients –
❌ Avobenzone
❌ Oxybenzone
❌ Octisalate
❌ Octinoxate
❌Octocrylene
❌ Homosalate
Inactive ingredients –
❌ Parabens
❌ Phthalates
❌ Ethoxylated ingredients
❌ Tocopheryl Acetate
❌ BHT
❌ Fragrance
Many of these ingredients are endocrine disruptors which can mimic, block, or alter hormone signals, leading to disruptions in hormonal balance potentially causing adverse health effects and even cancer. ☢️ A study published in the American Journal of Public Health looked into the skin’s absorption rates of chemicals showed that the skin absorbed an average of 64% of total contaminant dosage, higher in more sensitive areas like armpits and genitals. The rate of absorption for fragrance is nearer to 100%. ⚠️ It’s important to consider safety of ingredients that we are slathering on our skin or the skin of our children as frequently as every day!
As important as sunscreen is to protect us from skin cancer later in life, it can also interfere with sunlight’s positive effects. Talk to your pediatrician about finding a balance between brief periods of sun exposure and sunscreen use, and for sun safety guidance for children under the age of 1.
Wonderful experience working with them!! Valerie has been so informative, patient, kind, and such a pleasure! It’s great to feel confident and trustworthy with someone taking care of your child.
As an overwhelmed expecting mother, I was becoming extremely defeated as I interviewed pediatricians to help me care for my son when he arrived. As a nurse, I was searching for someone collaborative, respectful, patient, and would be able to provide insight and guidance with more depth than what I could quickly access on a Google search. Jessica and the staff of Well Rooted is a God-send, exceeding my expectations every visit! Jessica is extremely present during very visits, despite whatever is happening outside the exam room door. She is incredibly kind, gentle, patient and with excellent clinical skills and judgement! She has also been immediately available to me via phone on the weekend, when I have had a concern. I just love her and the entire staff at Well Rooted so much and I couldn’t recommend them enough!
Our family loves Jessica and her whole practice. We feel well cared for, seen and heard! In this day and age of quick doctor visits and high costs of care, the care we receive here is integral to wellness.
Love them. I always come in with questions and they give me options to check things out further if I want to. Easy to listen with out being judged. Recommend. They don’t take insurance but you can submit the super bill to your insurance which is nice.
We LOVE Jessica and the team at Well Rooted, and are so glad we made the choice to take our son there. I love their natural, holistic approach so much, my husband and I just started going to their adult practice, Functional Medicine. We’ll never go anywhere else!
390 Congress Pkwy # J
Crystal Lake, IL
814 Commerce Dr., Ste 150
Oak Brook, IL
390 Congress Parkway
Suite I
Crystal Lake, IL
2075 Foxfield Rd.
Suite 102
St. Charles, IL 60174