GP Vitamin D3 1000 IU 60 Capsules

•    The perfect way to get your daily vitamin D needs.•    The main role of vitamin D•    Vitamin D enhances calcium absorption in the gastrointestinal tract and maintains adequate serum calcium and phosphate concentrations to enable normal bone mineralization and prevent calcium deficiency tetany.•    It is also essential for bone growth and remodeling by osteoblasts and osteoclasts.•    Without enough vitamin D, bones can become thin, brittle, and deformed.•    Vitamin D deficiency prevents rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.•    Along with calcium, vitamin D also helps protect older adults from osteoporosis.Other roles of vitamin D in the body•     including modification of cell growth•     Neuromuscular and immune system function•     reduce inflammation•     Many genes that encode proteins that regulate cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis are partially modified by vitamin D.Vitamin D deficiency•    Nutrient deficiencies usually result from inadequate diet, poor absorption and utilization, increased need, or increased excretion.•    Vitamin D deficiency can occur.•    When usual intake is below recommended levels over time•    When sun exposure is limited•     When the kidneys cannot convert 25(OH)D to its active form•    When absorption of vitamin D from the digestive tract is insufficientGroups at risk for vitamin D deficiency•    In some groups, supplements may be needed to meet daily vitamin D requirements.•    Breastfed infants•    the elderly•    People with limited sun exposure•    Dark skinned people•    People with inflammatory bowel disease and other conditions that cause fat malabsorption•    People who are obese or have had gastric bypass surgeryInstructions for use•    Take one (1) capsule daily with food.