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Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D is an essential vitamin with strong effects on the body on many systems. Vitamin D
behaves like a hormone instead of other vitamins, and a receptor is found for each body cell.
When your skin is exposed to the sun, your body produces it from cholesterol. It's also found in
some foods, such as fatty fish and fenced milk, but it's hard to get enough from diets
independently. Typically about 400–800 IU is the recommended daily intake, but many experts
claim it is even more essential. Deficiency in vitamin D is widespread (Holick, 2017). The
average amount of vitamins in their blood is about 1 billion people worldwide. Yet 41,6% of
adults in the United States are inadequate. In Hispanics, this figure is 69.2%, and in African
Americans, it is 82.1%.
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Causes of vitamin D deficiency
A deficiency in vitamin D may occur when a person does not eat the recommended vitamin
levels over time. This is probably the case since most natural sources are animals like fish oils,
and liver beef. You have limited exposure to the sun. For the body to make vitamin D, the skin
must be exposed to sunlight (Holick, 2017). Due to the reduction of sunshine, the deficiency of
vitamin D may be more common during winter. Research shows that vitamin D may help prevent