Have you checked your blood vitamin D level, lately?-by Dr Harold Gunatillake Transcript: Why is it so important to check your vitamin D, today? Vitamin D has many roles in the body and is essential for optimal health, especially in the present climate with the COVID pandemic. Vitamin D, is required to absorb calcium and phosphate from our diet, and those minerals are important for healthy bones, teeth and muscles. Vitamin D deficiency is common among people, living with no symptoms, and in fact, it is estimated that about 1 billion people worldwide do not get enough of this vitamin. In Sri Lanka, though it is a sunny tropical island, the incidence of vitamin D deficiency is high. Though they customerally don’t wear hats, avoid the sun as much as possible, ladies use umbrellas outdoor. Reasons for vitamin D deficiency include low vitamin D intake, relatively high adiposity, sun exposure ...