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The D Vitamin

Vitamin D is the main vitamin you need for strong bones. It's also great for forming strong teeth. Vitamin D even lends a hand to an important mineral: it helps your body absorb the amount of calcium it needs. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, which acts like a kind of hormone, regulating the formation of bone and the absorption of calcium and phosphorus from the intestine. It helps to control the movement of calcium between our bones and blood, and vice versa. Research also suggests that vitamin D may help maintain a healthy immune system and help regulate cell growth and differentiation, the process that determines what a cell is to become. In infancy and childhood, deficiency of vitamin D causes the deformed bones characteristic of rickets, while in adults a lack of the vitamin causes a softening of the bones known as osteomalacia. Vitamin B deficiency is seen more often in northern countries, or where tradition dictates that the body is well covered by clothes, such as in parts of the Islamic world. High intakes of the D vitamin can cause loss of appetite, leading to weight loss, nausea, headache, depression and deposits of calcium in the kidneys.

Which foods are rich in vitamin D?   

Recommended Daily amount: Age 19 +  Male: 5 ìg (=200 IU)
Female: 5 ìg (=200 IU)

· Milk and other dairy products fortified with vitamin D
· Fish, eg: Salmon, Mackerel, Tuna and Sardines
· Egg yolks
· Cod Liver Oil (very good source of vitamin B)

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