Vitamin D:
The functions of vitamin D are –
- It helps in the formation of bones and teeth.
- It strengthens bones and teeth.
- It is needed most for the growth of children.
Sources: It is found in milk, egg yolk, butter, ghee, cod liver oil, etc. It forms itself in the rays of the sun.
Diseases which are produced due to deficiency of the vitamin ‘D’:
- Bones become weak.
- The teething of children gets delayed.
- One is afflicted with such diseases as epilepsy, hysteria and rickets.
- Muscles become weak.
