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Vitamin D supplements help prevent rickets if given along with breastfeeding for infants. If you are asking for an adult then there really is no way to prevent rickets because you would already have it. Rickets is considered a Vitamin D deficiency and most of the time develops in kids under the age of 5. Vitamin D would also be helpful for people who already have rickets by keeping the symptoms at bay.
What else can I help you with?
What bone disease is called by the lack of calcium in the diet?
Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.
What do some children develop rickets?
Rickets - is caused by lack of vitamin D in the diet.
What can you do to get rickets?
block vitamin D out of your diet
Who usually gets Rickets?
Lack of vitamin D is the main cause of rickets. So someone with a very poor diet, being malnourished, or in a famine suffering starvation for example, would be the most susceptible.
How do rickets lead to an unbalanced diet?
what conditions are caused by unbalanced diets
Why are vitamins necessary in diet?
vitamins are essential in diet because they prevent diseases such as rickets,osteomalacia ,scurvy. vitamin d promotes absorption of calcium and phosphorus compounds from intestines and enables the body to use these in formation of teeth and bones.
Can rickets cure completely?
Rickets are caused by deficiency of Vitamin D in the body. They are most common among children. If discovered timely, rickets can be completely cured by using a mix of medicines and proper diet.
Is rickets a life threatening?
Rickets is not a fatal disease but if it is not corrected while children are still growing, skeletal deformities and short stature may be permanent.
How do you treat rickets in animals?
Rickets in animals is normally as a result of reduced calcium intake and may be termed as primary or secondary. Primary calcium deficiency is lack of calcium in the diet, while secondary calcium deficiency is normally accompanied by vitamin D deficiency because of keeping animals in doors (no sunlight). The following measures may be taken to treat rickets. Administer calcium salts through injections: Supplement the animals with a diet that includes calcium and phosphorous. alfalfa, clover and molasses are good sources of calcium. other sources of calcium and phosphorous are limestone, bone meal and dicalcium phosphate.
Are there any nutritional diets that can help eliminate osteopoerosis?
Osteoporosis is a condition in which bone density decreases, leaving the bones brittle and easily breakable. To prevent bone loss, eat a diet full of calcium. Also, a calcium supplement would help prevent osteoporosis.
What are the diseases that can be caused by an incorrect diet inlcuding vitamin deficiences?
Anemia, Diabetes, Rickets, Osteoporosis
If i do not work out but am on a diet should you use protein supplement?
it would not hurt they are good for you and will help keep you healthy
