Vitamin D – The nutrient your body makes in the sun
It’s probably the first time in history, other than perhaps for people who worked in the mines, when people work, travel, and spend leisure time without any exposure to the sun. In the past, even those who worked indoors would often walk to work, and most people would have a veggie garden that they spent time working in. In this current era when we have awareness of skin cancer, it seems we might have gone a bit too far. The main role of Vitamin D is to put calcium into bones. It does this by promoting the absorption of calcium, then helping to regulate calcium levels in the blood. It also works to repair and remodel bones, by stimulating the absorption and growth of new bone...
