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Why Vitamin D is crucial for your baby

Known by some as the sunshine vitamin, vitamin D is produced by the body in response to skin being exposed to sunlight.

It also occurs naturally in a few foods; including some fish, fish liver oils, in egg yolk and in fortified dairy and grain products. Vitamin D is also found in oily fish like salmon and sardines as well as in eggs, milk and shiitake mushrooms.

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