How vitamin D supports your child
From supporting healthy immune system function to assisting teeth development and supporting healthy teeth, vitamin D is an important nutrient for your child.
Vitamin D is an important nutrient for healthy bones, and teeth. Our bodies also require it to absorb calcium from food.
During the younger years of your child’s life, supporting adequate vitamin D levels is important to:
- Assist teeth development and support healthy teeth: by helping control calcium levels in the body, vitamin D aids teeth development in infants and children and supports healthy teeth.
- Maintains healthy immune system function: your child’s immune system is a dedicated defence mechanism and the first line of defence against bacteria and other germs. Vitamin D plays an important role in supporting your little one’s immune system health.
Which Brauer products contain vitamin D?
- Baby & Child Immunity Support: contains vitamin D3 and betacarotene to support healthy immune system function.
- Baby & Child Cold & Flu: contains vitamin D3 to support immune system health.
- Baby & Child Teething: contains vitamin D3 to assist teeth development in healthy infants.
- Baby & Child Cough: contains vitamin D3 to support immune system health.
Always read the label. Follow the directions for use. If symptoms persist, talk to your health professional. Vitamins can only be of assistance if dietary intake is inadequate.
More facts about vitamin D
What are the factors that affect getting sufficient vitamin D?
Sometimes, your child might not be getting enough vitamin D. Some common factors are:
- People with naturally very dark skin
- Dietary intake of vitamin D is inadequate
- Sun exposure is inadequate (be sure to be SunSmart when exposed to the sun)
While there are some ways you may help to support vitamin D levels for your little one, if you are concerned about the health of your child, talk to your health professional. Vitamins can only be of assistance if dietary intake is inadequate.
How does the body produce vitamin D?
Vitamin D is often referred to as the ‘sunshine’ vitamin because of our body’s ability to produce it when our skin is exposed to sunlight.
This is unusual and unique to vitamin D. Ordinarily we are unable to synthesise vitamins and must source them from our diets instead.
In normal circumstances, most of our vitamin D is obtained when our skin is exposed to direct sunlight. The amount of sun exposure needed to produce adequate vitamin D differs by location, find recommendations for Australia’s capital cities here.
What is vitamin D?
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin and an essential nutrient. You might have heard vitamin D referred to as the ‘sunshine’ vitamin because of our body’s ability to produce it when our skin is exposed to sunlight.