What’s the Best Way to Get Vitamin D in Your Diet?
Researchers found that children whose mothers took extra vitamin Dsupplements during pregnancy had stronger bones at the age of seven. Bone density scans of more than 1,000 children showed that the children whose mothers took the vitamin D supplements had more calcium and more minerals (making them stronger and less likely to break) in their bones compared to the group whose mothers who took a placebo tablet instead. The study was led by the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton, and was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Why is vitamin D so important for our bone health? “Vitamin D is critical for bone health,” says Rosie Carr, dietitian at healthy eating plan Second Nature. “It helps our bones absorb calcium to support the bone remodelling process, which is how our bones regenerate and create new tissue.
“Calcium provides the building blocks our bones need to grow and maintain their density and strength.”
Excerpted from The Independent
