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What is about vitamin d?

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I'll try: We need it to get the calcium into the bone matrix, and to handle some other things including maintaining blood vessel integrity (this is newly figured out). With vegetarian and limited-sun-exposure lifestyles, vitamin d deficiency is widespread and accounts for much misery ("total body pain") which is generally misdiagnosed or ignored. Ur doc can check levels; think of supplementing if ur at risk.

Answered 10/30/2020

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Dr. Tony Ho answered

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Vitamin: Not sure what the question is about, exactly. It is a vitamin; marked deficiency causes rickets, lesser deficiencies cause abnormalities in several organ systems, including diarrhea and bone metabolism.

Answered 10/28/2013

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For Bones and more: VitaminD is necessary for proper absorption of calcium which is essential for development of bones in children&maintainance of good bones and prevent Osteoporosis in adults.Besides that we are finding now that adequate amount of VitD in blood is needed to have strong immune system&prevention of other medical conditions like cardiovascular diseases and cancers.In children deficiency causes

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