✅ Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium and is important for optimal bone health.
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✅ It is also important for many body processes, such as blood pressure regulation, hormone production, and immune and nervous system function.
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✅ Vitamin D is found in many foods and is also produced by the body when your skin is exposed to sunlight.
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Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, however, which means it is stored in the body’s fatty tissue (as well as in the liver) which is considered to be the 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 storehouse of vitamin D.
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This is why vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among obese individuals because if the vitamin is stored in fatty tissue, it cannot help the body function effectively.