Vitamins And Minerals

With children, rickets is the most common manifestation and consequence of vitamin D deficiency, while with adults, the disease is known as osteomalacia. In the absence of vitamin D, the body cannot metabolize or absorb calcium and phosphorus, the minerals with the most important role for skeletal development. New-born babies and infants up to two years of age require constant administration of vitamin D under pediatric observation to insure that they develop correctly. Vitamin D is also produced and temporarily stored ... Read More »