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BECAUSE the human body can't synthesize it without sunlight and as many people don't get enough solar exposition they are lacking it, and the darker the skin the more sun you need to make. It is a vitamin necessary to fix calcium in bones and many other less known functions. You can alternately get vitamin D from dairy products and fish, in fact children used to be given cod liver oil (not tasty at all) to provide for vitamin D. Children without enough develop a bone disease called rickets and adults develop osteomalacia, and it can be serious.
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∙ 13y agoVitamin D- Keeps your your teeth and bones healthy.
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Why tayo 60k is prescribed?
Tayo 60K is prescribed to people having Vitamin D deficiency + Thyroid deficiency.
How long can you live without Vitamin D?
low levels of vitamin D in their blood had a greater risk of dying.During that time, 737 of them died.
What is the difference between prescribed vitamin D and over-the-counter vitamin D?
Chemically there is not a difference. However, with a prescription it is possible to get higher dose tablets (up to 1500mg) with a prescription.
Why vitamin b is prescribed along with antibiotics?
WHY VITAMIN B IS PRESCRIBED ALONG WITH ANTIBIOTICS
Why was you prescribed remylin d tablets by diabetes doc?
because being diabetic and suffering from heat flashes in feets and deficiency of vitamin d
What vitamin is synthesized in the skin with exposure to the sunlight?
Vitamin D is produced by ultraviolet radiation on your skin. The UV light converts a precursor molecule to vitamin D.
The vitamin D derivative calcipotriene is used to treat the skin condition?
The Vitamin D derivative called calcipotriene is used mainly to treat the skin condition psoriasis. It also can be a prescribed medication for other skin conditions, including morphoea and moderator.
What about vitamin - D?
Vitamin D (disambiguation).
Does vitamin B come from the sun?
I know that vitamin d is one isn't vitamin e another?
Which vitamin provides for the absorption of calcium and phosphorus by bones and teeth?
Vitamins A , C and D. Calcium also helps
What is the main vitamin in milk?
Vitamin a, Vitamin b, vitamin c.
What does the D stand for in vitamin D?
The term "vitamin D" refers to several different forms of this vitamin. ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Vitamin D2 synthesized by plants. Vitamin D3 is synthesized by humans in the skin. D is the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet and the vitamin D was the fourth vitamin discovered.
