What is Vitamin D?

Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin found in foods such as oily fish, butter and egg yolk. It is formed through the action of UV sunlight on the skin.

Vitamin D has functions and benefits that are probably more wide ranging than any other vitamin. There has been huge renewed interest in vitamin D recently, with new global research showing that the health benefits of this nutrient stretch beyond bone health.

There is increasing evidence for the beneficial effects from dietary Vitamin D which has shown benefits for its contribution to:

• Maintenance of normal bones and teeth
• Normal absorption and utilisation of calcium and phosphorus
• Normal muscle function
• Normal blood calcium levels
• Normal function of the immune system
• The process of cell division

D3 the preferred bioactive form

Ultra™ Vitamin D provides effective levels of the preferred form of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). Ultra™ Vitamin D provides optimum level Pharmacopoeia Quality Vitamin D3. D3 is the preferred form of vitamin D because it is the specific form made in the human body and therefore more effective than D2 which is found in some supplements.