Sunshine helps produce Vitamin D. “Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, which behaves like a hor-mone, regulating the formation of bone and the absorption of calcium and phosphorus from the intestine. It helps to control the movement of calcium between bone and blood, and vice versa.” 

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