Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin which is required by the body for absorption of calcium (essential for normal bone formation). This is the only vitamin that can be produced by the body on exposure to early sunlight for about 10 15 minutes thrice a week. Deficiency of this vitamin leads to rickets in children and osteoporosis in adults and hence it is important to meet the daily requirement of this vitamin. Although most people do meet some of their daily dose of vitamin D through sun there are certain food sources that contain this vitamin in good amounts. Here
