Try For More Vitamin D? Flashcards
Vitamin D essential for healthy (3)
Teeth
Bones
Muscles
Vitamin d is technically a
Hormone
15 minutes outside on a sunny day
Sufficient for vitamin d
In northern hemisphere, _ months sun is too weak (2)
October-March
D2 is called
Ergocalciferol
Only few foods contain two
Main forms of vitamin D
Ergocalciferol (D2) found in (3)
Fortified milk
Cereal
Mushrooms
D2 (ergocalciferol) is
Plant based
Oily fish and fish oils are a good source of
D3
D3 known as
Cholecalciferol
Vitamin D interactions with other nutrients allows us to
Build and maintain healthy bones and muscles
One way vitamin D interaction with other nutrients enables us to build and maintain healthy bones and muscles
Helps body absorb and conserve calcium
People with _ should consider supplementing vitamin D
Darker skin
Children under _ should consider supplementing vitamin D
5
Vitamin D is found in many body _
Tissue