So not only is vitamin D touted as a way to ward off death just a little bit longer, but according to a new study from the Institute of Child Health in London, it may now help with chronic pain.

What’s more intriguing for women is that the link in low vitamin D and chronic pain doesn’t apply to men, suggesting hormones may be involved.

Vitamin D, which is essential for healthy bones, is produced in the body when exposed to sunlight and is also found in egg yolks, oilier fish and margarine. Apparently if you don’t get enough, you may be more susceptible to chronic pain.

My husband gets a pretty severe headache when in the sun for only 4-5 minutes, sometimes even with a baseball cap on but definitely when he is hatless. Today he was outside for about 4 minutes for a fire drill at work and his headache formed in 4 minutes of sun exposure.

20 or more minutes causes nausea and an hour, even with a baseball cap, can cause vomiting. Our summers are pretty hot and sunny (yay for me, nay for him!). I am wondering why this extreme reaction to sun happens? He did not grow up in a place with hot summers but I didn't either and I don't have this problem.

CHICAGO - New research linking low vitamin D levels with deaths from heart disease and other causes bolsters mounting evidence about the "sunshine" vitamin's role in good health.

Patients with the lowest blood levels of vitamin D were about two times more likely to die from any cause during the next eight years than those with the highest levels, the study found. The link with heart-related deaths was particularly strong in those with low vitamin D levels.