Vitamin D is fat soluble and necessary for good health. The latest research shows we are not getting enough vitamin d-3 in our diets, especially if we live in the North where sunshine is rare most winters. Physicians recommend we get enough of a tan from sunshine to keep levels up, but also to buy vitamin d supplements to maintain those levels. This miraculous vitamin increases calcium in the blood thereby assisting absorption. When taken with a fish oil tablet, the properties are assimilated more easily. Also responsible for bone growth, and reducing inflammation in the body, it also prevents osteoporosis in susceptible individuals. In countries where rickets affect children, vitamin d can reverse the effects if given early enough. .. READ THE REST HERE