Apart from maintaining healthy bones, vitamin D has a much more crucial role to play in keeping one healthy
In a State which enjoys abundant sunshine for the best part of the year, it is indeed strange that a significant chunk of the population is deficient in vitamin D.
But vitamin D deficiency seems to be a public health issue of global dimensions, spanning ethnicities, age groups and gender, with even developed nations such as the United Kingdom reporting increased incidence of conditions like rickets (bone weakening).
Research suggests that apart from maintaining healthy bones, this sunshine vitamin has a much more crucial role to play in keeping one healthy. Laboratory studies show that vitamin D reduces cancer cell growth and controls infections.
Many studies have pointed to its role in lowering the risk of heart failure and sudden cardiac death. Recent evidence also links low vitamin D levels to the risk of developing Type-I d
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