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Vitamin D

Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium. You can get Vitamin D in three ways: through your skin, from your diet, and from supplements.

Nutrition

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Definition

Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium. You can get Vitamin D in three ways: through your skin, from your diet, and from supplements.

Concept record

Canonical title
Vitamin D
Alphabetical key
V
Category
Nutrition
Content type
Topic Overview
Other names, clinical names and abbreviations
Cholecalciferol, Ergocalciferol
Article status
Medical Encyclopedia Index Entry — full article under review.

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