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What is vitamin D?

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           What is Vitamin D            Sun Shine vitamin    We always talk about vitamin D .Do you know what it is   and how can we improve our body with this vital vitamin? First of all do you know from where we can get this vitamin? Vitamin D is a naturally present in a very few foods, added to others, and available as a dietary supplements. It is also produced when the UV rays from the sun strike to our skin. Vitamin D long known to improve our bone and muscle health .I t promotes calcium absorption from our food and maintains adequate serum calcium and phosphate concentrations to enable normal mineralization of bone .It is also needed for bone growth and bone remodeling. Without sufficient vitamin D , bones can become thin, brittle. Vitamin D sufficiency prevents rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Together with calcium , vita...