Vitamin
D has a number of important functions.
One of them being it helps to regulate the amount of calcium and
phosphate in the body. These are the
nutrients that are needed to keep teeth and bones healthy.
When a person is suffering from a vitamin D deficiency
it can lead to bone deformities such as rickets in children and osteomalacia in
adults which causes bone pain and tenderness.
Our
main source of vitamin D is the sunlight on our skin. Vitamin D
is made by our body under the skin in reaction to summer sunlight. Good food sources for vitamin D are:
- oily fish, such as salmon and sardines
- eggs
- fortified fat spreads
- fortified breakfast cereals
- powdered milk
You can
purchase vitamin D supplements and vitamin drops – for the under fives from
Victoria Pharmacy.
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