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It is especially recommended for those in nursing homes and hospitals because they are not exposed to sunlight as much. The sun stimulates vitamin d production. For vitamin d to be turned into a functional molecule from sunlight it must also be reprocessed in the kidney and lungs. In the elderly this reprocessing may not work as well or efficiently. Vitamin d helps absorb calcium so it is also important to build and keep strong bones. There have also been some studies that show corrected vitamin d deficiencies decreases risk of falls

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