Vitamin D deficiency is associated with risk of osteoporosis, diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Vitamin D deficiency can seriously undermine the health of the skeletal system and muscle frame, weaken the immune system, and also increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart and vascular diseases, and depressive conditions. The head of the department of endocrinology, an expert at the clinic of preventive and anti-aging medicine at the European Medical Center (EMC), Kamilya Tabeeva, told RIA Novosti about this.

She noted that in children, the consequence of a lack of the vitamin can be rickets, while in adults, deficiency primarily affects bones and muscles, causing weakness and pain, increasing the risk of osteoporosis and fractures - especially in the elderly.

Also, a lack of vitamin D weakens the body's defenses, which is associated with more frequent episodes of ARVI, influenza and severe inflammation.

In addition, according to the endocrinologist, deficiency is associated with an increased likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular pathologies and certain types of cancer, and in women it can negatively affect fertility and pregnancy.