Vitamin D: Important at every age of life
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Vitamin D has been recognized for a long time as being very important, along with calcium, for healthy bones. Known as the "sunshine vitamin," it is made in the body after sunlight, or ultraviolet light, hits the skin. Vitamin D helps with calcium absorption. Only 10-15 percent of the calcium taken into our bodies is absorbed without Vitamin D.