Winter in North India has already set in. You are lucky if you get some sunshine. But I am sure you won’t get an iota of sunshine vitamin. This is because the required ultra-violet radiations (UVB photons; 290-315 nm) in the sunlight that make vitamin D in your skin are practically absent in winter. Vitamin D or sunshine vitamin is, in fact, a hormone that mainly controls calcium and phosphorus absorption in the intestine of your body. Therefore, this is essential for healthy bones.
Long-term vitamin D deficiency causes problems in bones. When vitamin D deficiency occurs in children, it leads to weak and soft bones, deforming of bones, and short stature. This is because the bones in children are in growing phase. When vitamin D deficiency occurs in adults, it leads to bony pains, weak muscles, soft and easy to break bones. Research over years has shown that vitamin D may be beneficial…
