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Lesson: Chapter 1 — The Chemical Basis of Life

1.7. Vitamins 4 of 10

Question 4

What does vitamin D do in the body?

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Vitamin D controls the absorption of calcium and phosphorus.

Its deficiency symptoms follow directly: tooth decay, and bones breaking in adults — osteoporosis. Both are calcium and phosphorus problems, caused not by a shortage of those minerals but by the body's inability to absorb them.

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