Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that helps to regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body. Vitamin D is needed to help keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy. Lacking in vitamin D can lead to done deformities such as rickets in children, and bone pain caused by a condition called osteomalacia in adults.
Vitamin D is found in few foods such as oily fish, erd meat, liver, egg yolks and fortified foods, however, it is hard to get enough vitamin D from food.
The main source of vitamin D is from sunlight on the skin. The body creates vitamin D from sunlight on the skin and between each April and end of September we are usually able to get enough vitamin D this way.
However, between the months of October to March in the UK, the sun doesn’t give off enough UVB radiation for our skin to be able to make vitamin D, so we rely on getting what we need from our food and supplements.
Vitamin D supplements are available and advised by the NHS during these colder months. These can come in tablet, drop or mouth spray form.
