Home stay: Health experts concerned with what might happen if people don't get vitamin D

Normally, most of us get enough vitamin D just standing outside. Our skin produces it when exposed to the sun.

Sun - ray vitamine, along with others, can help the body to remain alert to serious diseases and infections during pandemics.

But why do we have to take extras at this time?

Residents in Great Britain have already been advised to consider taking 10 micrograms of vitamin D per day during the winter months (October until March), and throughout the year if they don't spend much time outside the home, writes the BBC, records Periscope.

Public health experts are concerned that people are losing the opportunity to take vitamin during the coronary pandemic as they are being advised and ordered to stay in their homes.

They recommend vitamin D over the year if:

- You don't get out often.

- Live in a nursing home.

-You usually wear clothes that cover most of your skin while you're out

Vitamin D is for bones, and healthy muscles. Lack of vitamin can lead to disease of bone deformities in children and adults.

Some studies have found that avoiding sunlight also increases our vulnerability to cold and flu, although there is no evidence that vitamin D strengthens our immune system. /Periscope