Signs Vitamin d Deficiency

Editor's Choice Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Also Included In: Dermatology; Public Health Last Updated: 01 May 2013 Original Date: 24 Aug 2009 Patient / Public: 3.59 (1039 votes) Healthcare Prof: 3.84 (190 votes) Article opinions: 126 posts Vitamin D is a steroid vitamin, a group of fat-soluble prohormones, which encourages the absorption and metabolism of calcium and phosphorous.

A review of clinical trials using vitamin D to build bone density in middle-aged women finds that it doesn't help. That may be because those women aren't generally low on calcium and that D helps the body absorb calcium in the gut only if it's seriously lacking.

Vitamin D is a vitamin. It can be found in small amounts in a few foods, including fatty fish such as herring, mackerel, sardines and tuna. To make vitamin D more available, it is added to dairy products, juices, and cereals that are then said to be "fortified with vitamin D."

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