If You Don't Want Older Bones, Don't Be Low In Vitamin D - How To Make Sure You're Getting Enough of The Sunshine Vitamin

 

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'Those with the greatest need of vitamin D typically have the lowest intakes. If you are a woman, you need to pay special attention to your vitamin D status to protect your bones. 

Using state-of-the-art technology, researchers from the University Medical Center Hamburg in Germany, and the University of California, Berkeley found that vitamin D deficiency was associated with less mineralization on the surface of the bone, as well as structural characteristics of older and more brittle bone.'

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