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Can you please list the most common benefits of vitamin d?

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Many: Vitamin d is known to improve none and muscle health, but may play a role in many bodily functions. Mood, immune system and cancer prevention are thought to be linked to appropriate levels of vitamin d. Get your vitamin d level checked to see if and how much supplementation you need.

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Vitamin D - benefits: Vitamin d is a hormone. All human cells have receptors for it. But once thought important only for bone health, it helps prevent breast, prostate, & colon cancer, heart disease, strokes. It may help ward off degenerative diseases of the brain, and appears to bolster the immune system! take a minimum of 2000iu of d3/day. I take 5000 daily!

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