Vitamin D has many physiological functions including upregulation of intestinal calcium and
phosphate absorption, mobilization of bone resorption, renal reabsorption of calcium as well …

Vitamin D is well known to exert multiple functions in bone biology, autoimmune diseases,
cell growth, inflammation or neuromuscular and other immune functions. It is a fat-soluble …

Background Optimal vitamin D intake and its status are important not only for bone and
calcium-phosphate metabolism, but also for overall health and well-being. Vitamin D …

The vitamin D endocrine system has clear beneficial effects on bone as demonstrated by
prevention of rickets in children and by reducing the risk of osteomalacia or osteoporosis in …

Vitamin D is unique, in terms of its metabolism and physiologic features and the human
reliance on both endogenous production (activation through exposure to ultraviolet light) …

Once foods in the United States were fortified with vitamin D, rickets appeared to have been
conquered, and many considered major health problems from vitamin D deficiency resolved …

With the potential to minimize the risk of many chronic diseases and the apparent
biochemical safety of ingesting doses of oral vitamin D several-fold higher than the current …

Abstract The National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) published its document, Vitamin D and
Bone Health: A Practical Clinical Guideline for Patient Management, in 2013 as a practical …

Long recognized as important for bone health, vitamin D has attracted recent interest for its
possible nonskeletal benefits. Many primary care clinicians now include blood tests to …

Objective: Clarify the concept of vitamin D sufficiency, the relationship between efficacy and
vitamin D status and the role of Vitamin D supplementation in the management of non …