Vitamin D: The  vitamin to maintain your health

Let’s start with the question, why do kids need vitamin D (the sunlight vitamin)?

Well, they need vitamin D for growth and development of their bones. 

It’s that important. 

Plus it also helps in calcium absorption.

Serious vitamin D deficiency can cause rickets, hypoglycemia, delayed motor development, pain, ache, muscle weakness

Did you know 75 percent of vitamin D is formed by our skin when it comes in contact with sunlight?

kids are either not exposed that much to outdoor activities or are wearing too much clothes or get dark complexion etc.Basically they are not absorbing much sunlight.

I will also guide you to introduce vitamin D fortified foods for your picky eaters.

So, here goes:

Give them fortified milk with cereals or weetabix in breakfast.
Use fortified milk as your soup or broth- base instead of water. Make them creamy, and rich.
Give them fortified flavored yogurt cooled in popsicles moulds instead of ice-cream or ice-lolly.
Give them smoothies made out of fortified milk or yogurts, and fruits.
Make their deserts from fortified milk like pudding or custards.
Give them fun-shaped sandwiches filled with cheese and eggs plus salad.
Even some cereals and cereal bars are fortified. Read the labels wisely. So, look out!
Give them fortified orange juice. Do label reading to find the suitable brand.

So, in my above mentioned blog, I have explained to you the functions of vitamin D, its health benefits, repercussions of its deficiency, and over-dosage. But the most important point I have conveyed to you is that how you as a parent could stop cardiovascular disease formation in your child.