Vitamin D even helps to stop the involuntary contraction of muscles (hypocalcemic tetany), which can lead to cramps and spasms.^†

Additionally, this multifaceted vitamin also plays a role in supporting a healthy inflammatory response as well as modulating various biological processes, including cell growth, neuromuscular and immune function and glucose metabolism.^†

Now, our bodies can readily synthesize all the vitamin D it requires when exposed to sufficient amounts of sunshine (hence its moniker as the “sunshine vitamin”). However, significant portions of the population do not get adequate sunshine, which has resulted in vitamin D deficiencies being one of the most common nutrient deficiencies around the world.^†

Deficiencies in this essential vitamin can lead to soft bones and skeletal deformities as well as pain, severe rickets, developmental delay, hypocalcemic seizures, dental abnormalities and cardiomyopathy.^†