Video Quiz: Vitamin D (Before and After)
Why do vitamin D levels tend to fall during the winter months?
People have less access to sunlight during winter.
In the Northern Hemisphere, during which month of the year are vitamin D levels most likely the highest?
September
Scientists have determined that increasing vitamin D in older people can improve their balance and coordination because vitamin D _____.
binds to targets in muscle cells, boosting the amount of energy muscles can produce
Most of the vitamin D we need is ____.
made in our skin when we are exposed to sunlight idk
After spending _____ minutes in the sun every day for five months, all of the volunteers in the vitamin D study showed increased levels of vitamin D, as well as improvements in their mobility.
10
Vitamin D deficiency is particularly common in people _____ years old.
over 65