The “Sunshine Vitamin”
Feelings of happiness are not the only things your body produces when sunshine hits your face on a bright summer day. Vitamin D, sometimes called the “sunshine vitamin”, is produced in your skin in response to sunlight, and is a fat-soluble vitamin in a family of compounds that includes vitamins D1, D2, and D3.
Vitamin D has a host of important functions for your body but the most vital ones are the facilitation of your immune system functions and the effective absorption of phosphorus and calcium. A lack of vitamin D may possibly put you at risk of developing bone abnormalities like osteoporosis, or more commonly known as fragile bones.
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