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Why should people who live in the north take vitamin D with a calcium supplemental?
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∙ 11y ago
People who live in the north have a decreased amount of sunlight exposure. Vitamin D is manufactured by skin cells when exposed to sunlight, and is needed for absorption of dietary calcium.
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How much calcium should a vitamin have?
None. Calcium is a mineral, not a vitamin.
Why should young children should drink a pint of milk a day?
The calcium and vitamin D is good and supplemental for bones, which can help them grow, them being young children. It is also nourishing for the brain, helping them focus better.
Why should young children drink a pint of milk a day?
The calcium and vitamin D is good and supplemental for bones, which can help them grow, them being young children. It is also nourishing for the brain, helping them focus better.
People who have trouble digesting milk should consider getting vitamin d and calcium from?
Milk that has lactase added.
Should you take calcium or vitamin d for broken ribs?
Calcium but they are both very good for you
What should you add in milk to absorb its calcium?
vitamin D that is found in bournvita
What vitamins aid in bone growth after a break?
There is more to repairing bones than just vitamin D and calcium. To specifically answer this question, yes there are vitamins, vitamin D and vitamin K. Vitamin D helps with calcium absorption in the gut. Without it the calcium won't get into your body. However just because calcium gets into your body, that doesn't mean it's going to the right place. Many people actually loose the calcium in their bones, while calcium deposits in places it's not supposed to be such as arteries. Vitamin K is essential for carrying and directing calcium to where it is supposed to go. Therefore vitamin D and vitamin K should be taken together. To get more specific, Vitamin K is is responsible for the carboxylation of Matrix Gla Protein, which is a strong inhibitor of arterial calcification. Matrix Gla protein is responsible for putting calcium in the bone and keeping it out of the arterial wall. Without vitamin k calcium will be more likely to stay in the blood and deposit on atrial walls. Vitamin K is high in green leafy vegetables, is also produced by good gut bacteria (which many people don't have) in vitamin k supplements and a very, very few vitamin D supplements also have vitamin k in them. btw: this problem is due to low vitamin k. If you get your vitamin D from supplements or sunlight it won't matter!
Is vitamin D good for people that have osteoporosis?
An adequate calcium intake and adequate body stores of vitamin D are important foundations for maintaining bone density and strength. one to two multivitamins a day should provide the recommended amount of vitamin D.
What cures rickets?
Rickets is caused due to Calcium and/or Vitamin D deficiency. Proper Calcium intake and Vitamin D synthesis will cure Rickets. Calcium is needed to maintain and build bones. Vitamin D helps in synthesizing Calcium. Vitamin D can be obtained from Sunlight exposure. About 30 minutes of exposure to Sunlight twice a week is enough. Minimum Calcium intake should be 13 mg/kg of body weight. Most common source of Calcium is Milk. 1 average glass of Milk contains about 250 mg Calcium.
Should you drink milk?
Yes drnking milk has calcium and vitamin D its good for your bones
What vitamins can you take to make up for lack of calcium?
You should take vitamin C or D :)
What is calcitriol?
In presence of ultraviolet rays of sun Cholesterol in skin is converted to Cholecalciferol. then in Liver it get converted to 25 Cholecalciferol. then in kidney, it get converted to 1,25 Cholecalciferol. Which is active form of Vitamin D. Also called as Calitriol. If execass of Vitamin 'D' is ingested as in Cod Liver intake, then body converts it into 24, 25 cholecalciferol, which is almost inactive form of Vitamin 'D'. You have almost no Vitamin 'D' in diary food or any other food. So almost all people have subclinical vitamin 'D' deficiency, except people living in polar area. (Who almost never get heart attack.) so Vitamin 'D' should be added by government in food. Calcitriol deposites calcium salt in bones, enhance absorption of calcium salts from intestine, Reabsorbs calcium ion from kidney.
