What is Vitamin D?

        Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that is found in food and can also be made in the body after any amount of exposure to UV rays.

Where is it found?

        Cod liver oil, salmon, tuna fish, milk/cheese, liver, and eggs are just some places where you can find sources of vitamin D needed for your daily intake.

Recommended Intake?

        The International Units for vitamin D varies for every age. From birth to 15 you should take 5 IU, 14-18 5 IU, 19-50 5 IU, 51-70 10 IU, and 71+ 15 IUs is the recommended doses for both men and women. 

When can vitamin deficiency occur?

        Vitamin deficiency can occur when levels of the vitamin or below sufficient, when there is limited access to UV rays, when your kidneys cannot convert, and when someone cannot properly absorb the vitamin from their digestive tract.

Prevention

         It can be very hard for some people to obtain vitamin D, so dietary pills along with the essential food and sun exposure is essential for them to maintain a healthy level of vitamin D.

Issues

      It is estimated right now that 25 million people in American are diagnosed with  Osteoporosis, a disease characterized as fragile bones. It's from a lack of vitamin C but also an insufficiency amount of vitamin D. While rickets and osteomalacia are extreme examples of vitamin D deficiency, osteopororsis is an example of a long-term effect of vitamin D insufficiency.

Risks

    Vitamin D toxicity can cause nausea, constipation, vomiting, poor appetite and rapid weight lose. It can also cause mental changes from a rise in vitamin C level and cause confusion. Calcinosis, the deposition of calcium and phosphate in the body's soft tissues such as the kidney, can also be caused by vitamin D toxicity.

Diets

    See this website if you wish to know more about how you can obtain a healthy diet which contains helpful sources in getting all the vitamins included vitamin D into your diet. http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines

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