• Question: Which vitamin is essential for healthy bones and teeth?

    Asked by Brie mode fearless to Theresia, Katie, Giovanna, Duane, Andy on 13 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Theresia Mina

      Theresia Mina answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      Vitamin D as far as the general consensus of scientist agree…

    • Photo: Giovanna Bermano

      Giovanna Bermano answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      yes, Vitamin D helps the body to absorb calcium from the diet via the intestine…we can get vitamin D from the food we eat but the body can also synthesize vitamin D in the skin, from cholesterol, when the exposure to the sun is adequate…..its nickname is the “sunshine vitamin”!!!

    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      Vitamin D is the one linked to calcium, but it’s often forgotten vitamin K (thought to be linked to blood clots and scabs) is also needed to use calcium to make bones strong. Actually most vitamins are needed for really healthy bones and teeth, lack of vitamin C leads to scurvy which causes teeth to fallout, the B vitamins are also needed.
      Vitamin D is the main one as lack of it causes rickets and bones to bow and bend permenantly.

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      Vitamin D was the one that instantly sprung to mind….

    • Photo: Katie Pickering

      Katie Pickering answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      Vit D. Apparently quite a lot of us are deficient in this so it is important to make sure we get enough of it in our diet to prevent bone mineral problems later in life.

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