Goa, Aug. 1 -- Elsa Angel Rose

Despite abundant sunlight, vitamin D deficiency among Indians continues unabated. Vitamin D deficiency is not a new concern; it has long affected people across all age groups. A comprehensive review in the Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism reported that approximately 70-90% of Indians have insufficient vitamin D levels, highlighting vitamin D deficiency as one of the most widespread nutritional deficiencies in the country. "Most of the vitamin D is got by exposure of skin to sunlight, which synthesis inactive form of vitamin D (7 dehydrocholestrol) which is then transported to liver through blood as cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) which then reaches liver, there it is converted into 25 hydroxychol...