Vitamin D deficiency affects as many as 1-in-6 Brits, and there are very easy to spot signs that you might be suffering from a shortfall in the vital nutrient too.
Health experts have put together a list of signs that might mean you have a vitamin D deficiency â and they’re easy to spot .
Vitamin D is essential to help regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in our bodies. These nutrients have the important role of keeping our bones, teeth and muscles healthy. It was also a key vitamin in fighting off Covid-19 during the coronavirus pandemic.
A lack of vitamin D in children can lead to rickets, a condition that causes bone pain, poor growth and soft, weak bones that can result in deformities. In adults, a lack of vitamin D could lead to osteomalacia, which is a similar condition.
We absorb vitamin D through sunlight. According to the NHS, most people should take a daily vitamin D supplement throughout the winter, when we are likely not to be able to meet our daily vitamin D needs through the sun.