Vitamin D sources. Conceptual illustration showing balloons,eggs and sunshine. The body synthesizes vitamin D when exposed to sunshine. Vitamin D is also found in foods such as oily fish,milk,liver,egg yolk and fortified cereals. It is necessary for the absorption of calcium and phosphorous in the gut. Deficiencies in vitamin D lead to rickets (improper bone formation) in children,and osteomalacia (bone softening) and osteoporosis (brittle bone disease) in adults | |
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