Learn how vitamin D benefits your body, and how to know if you're getting enough of this key nutrient or if you need more from sun exposure, your diet, or supplements.

Symptoms that can physically present themselves include tooth decay or pain, muscle pain and cramps and weakness or certain ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. I have a lot of questions about vitamin D. Our ...

Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD Vitamin D helps keep the bones and muscles healthy. Omega-3 fatty acids support a ...

Some of your favorite everyday food and drinks may have surprising health benefits. Here's how to get the most out of your ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements provides clear guidelines for intake among older adults. For individuals aged 51 to 70, the recommended daily allowance is 600 ...

“Get out in the sun and take your shirt off,” my wife Adi commanded. This wasn’t foreplay, this was a directive, “You need to expose your skin to the sun at least once a day so you can soak up that ...

Researchers have found new evidence that vitamin D may be metabolized differently in people with an elevated body mass index (BMI). The study is a new analysis of data from the VITAL trial, a large ...

Note: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not approve supplements for safety or effectiveness. Talk to a healthcare professional about whether a supplement is the right fit for your ...

Femi Aremu, PharmD, is a Drug Information Pharmacist for Red Ventures and practiced in a COVID-19 clinic for the University of Chicago Medicine. Combining HMB and vitamin D may improve muscle strength ...

Make sure you're getting enough of the vitamin. According to a study in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, women with low levels of D are twice as likely to combat depression. Getty ...