Vitamin D

Vitamin D helps regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body. These nutrients are needed to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy. A lack of vitamin D can lead to bone deformities such as rickets in children, and bone pain caused by a condition called osteomalacia in adults.

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Foods high in Vitamin D

oily fish – such as salmon, sardines, herring and mackerel

red meat

liver

milk

egg yolks

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