Is Your Vitamin D Working?

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Your vitamin D might not be doing its job if you’re low in zinc.

Most of vitamin D’s benefits like immune system function actually come indirectly from the absorption of calcium.

But it’s the active form of vitamin D from your kidneys that switches calcium absorption on.

Zinc helps that conversion and even helps bone cells respond to active vitamin D.

And it’s a two-way street because vitamin D can also boost zinc uptake according to animal and cell studies.

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