Keeping Your Bones Healthy
Vitamin D helps you make strong bones, and helps your body keep the right amounts of calcium and phosphorus in your blood. Calcium is a mineral that helps make up healthy bones. Phosphorus is a mineral that helps make up healthy bones. You may need to change what you eat to keep your blood levels in check. Drugs called phosphate binders can remove excess phosphate from your gut before it is absorbed into your blood. If you don’t have enough vitamin D, your gut can’t absorb calcium from food.
To learn about what to eat to maintain the right amounts of calcium and phosphorus, visit the Nutrition Room.