Experts said vitamin D has the main role of absorbing and maintaining calcium phosphorus levels to build bone structure to help fight rickets, increase height in children and fight osteoporosis in the elderly.

Experts said vitamin D has the main role of absorbing and maintaining calcium phosphorus levels to build bone structure to help fight rickets, increase height in children and fight osteoporosis in the elderly.

Vitamin D is 1 of 13 vitamins not available in food.

They are only synthesized through sunlight exposure but also depend on conditions such as: enough exposure time, appropriate light intensity, skin color, air quality status …

And vitamin D is also 1 of 4 fat-soluble vitamins (vitamins A, D, E and K) so there is a “mechanism” to store in the body without being excreted.

Therefore, if you take vitamin D in excess, or take it from many different sources, it can easily lead to poisoning.

“There are many factors that are not favorable to synthesizing vitamin D naturally, so they are often recommended to be supplemented with drugs for children to adults and the elderly.

Currently, the rate of children in the community lacking vitamin D is still high”, experts shared.

Experts recommends that parents only use the dosage of vitamin D for their children to drink according to their needs, with clear origin, best to be consulted by a doctor.

Avoid overuse of vitamin D or taking from a variety of sources.

“If a child takes vitamin D from one source and is prescribed by a doctor, there can be no excess dose.

The most likely case of poisoning is to drink many sources that also have vitamin D but do not know such as calcium, multivitamins, formula …”,

Experts said and said the daily dose of vitamin D in infants is 400 international units, while children over 1 year old are 600 international units.

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