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- The ideal way to obtain your daily requirements of vitamin D.
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- Major Role of Vitamin D.
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- Vitamin D promotes calcium absorption in the gut and maintains adequate serum calcium and phosphate concentrations to enable normal mineralization of bone and to prevent hypocalcemic tetany.
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- It is also needed for bone growth and bone remodeling by osteoblasts and osteoclasts.
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- Without sufficient vitamin D, bones can become thin, brittle, or misshapen
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- Vitamin D sufficiency prevents rickets in children and Osteomalacia in adults
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- Together with calcium, vitamin D also helps protect older adults from osteoporosis
Vitamin D other roles in the body:
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- Including modulation of cell growth.
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- Neuromuscular and immune function.
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- Reduction of inflammation.
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- Many genes encoding proteins that regulate cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis are modulated in part by vitamin D.
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- Vitamin D deficiency
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- Nutrient deficiencies are usually the result of dietary inadequacy, impaired absorption and use, increased requirement, or increased excretion.
Vitamin D deficiency can occur:
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- When usual intake is lower than recommended levels over time.
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- When exposure to sunlight is limited
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- When the kidneys cannot convert 25(OH)D to its active form.
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- When absorption of vitamin D from the digestive tract is inadequate
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- Groups at Risk of Vitamin D Inadequacy
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- In some groups, dietary supplements might be required to meet the daily need for vitamin D.
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- Breastfed infants
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- Older adults
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- People with limited sun exposure
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- People with dark skin
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- People with inflammatory bowel disease and other conditions causing fat mal-absorption
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- People who are obese or who have undergone gastric bypass surgery
How to use:
- Take one (1) Softgel capsule daily withfood
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