Vitamin D: You may be deficient, but it's more important for your health than you think!
1️⃣ VITAMIN D IN BRAIN HEALTH
- Protects against dementia.
- Prevents psychiatric disorders during pregnancy.
- It helps children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
2️⃣ VITAMIN D IN HEART HEALTH
- Reduces the risk of stroke or the likelihood of becoming permanently disabled after a stroke.
- Improves cardiac function in patients with chronic heart failure.
- It acts as a complementary therapy for hypertension.
3️⃣ VITAMIN D IN BONES AND MUSCLES
- Protects against osteoporosis (and its progression), falls and fractures;
- Reduces muscle fatigue in older adults.
4️⃣ VITAMIN D AND CANCER
- It reduces mortality from breast cancer (37%), colorectal cancer (45%), lymphoma (52%), according to a meta-analysis (2014) of 25 studies with 17,332 patients, and three other meta-analyses also from 2014;
- Reduces the risk of prostate cancer.



