One of the most persistent hopes in preventive medicine has been that a simple nutrient taken during pregnancy could lay the foundations of a child's skeleton for life. Vitamin D, the so-called sunshine vitamin, regulates how the body absorbs calcium and phosphate, the raw materials of the hydroxyapatite crystals that give bone its rigidity.
One of the most persistent hopes in preventive medicine has been that a simple nutrient taken during pregnancy could lay the foundations of a child's skeleton for life.
Vitamin D, the so-called sunshine vitamin, regulates how the body absorbs calcium and phosphate, the raw materials of the hydroxyapatite crystals that give bone its rigidity.
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One of the most persistent hopes in preventive medicine has been that a simple nutrient taken during pregnancy could lay the foundations of a child's skeleton for life. Vitamin D, the so-called sunshine vitamin, regulates how the body absorbs calcium and phosphate, the raw materials of the hydroxyapatite crystals that give bone its rigidity.
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