--- title: Vitamin D description: Vitamin D – In the Limelight again. There hasn’t been a tremendous focus on vitamin D in recent years. However, some new studies have appeared recently that underline the importance of vitamin D for our health. image: https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgabe%2001/HocIns_No_1_Artikel_Online_Vitamin-D-im-Rampenlicht.png --- [![Logo HOCHDORF iNSIDE_RGB](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Logo%20HOCHDORF%20iNSIDE_RGB.png?width=280&name=Logo%20HOCHDORF%20iNSIDE_RGB.png "Logo HOCHDORF iNSIDE_RGB")](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en) - [DE](https://inside.hochdorf.com/de) - [EN](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en) - [Corporate Website](https://www.hochdorf.com/) ![HOC_Ins_Header](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Header/Bimbosan/HOC_Ins_Header.jpg?width=1500&name=HOC_Ins_Header.jpg "HOC_Ins_Header") ## [Vitamin D](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/vitamin-d) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/author/monique-inderbitzin) - May 16, 2018 - - - ![HocIns_No_1_Artikel_Online_Vitamin-D-im-Rampenlicht](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgabe%2001/HocIns_No_1_Artikel_Online_Vitamin-D-im-Rampenlicht.png?width=750&name=HocIns_No_1_Artikel_Online_Vitamin-D-im-Rampenlicht.png)There hasn’t been a tremendous focus on vitamin D in recent years. However, some new studies have appeared recently that underline the importance of vitamin D for our health. # VITAMIN D – IN THE LIMELIGHT AGAIN Lat­est re­search in­di­cates that vi­t­a­min D is not only im­por­tant in the de­vel­op­ment and pro­tec­tion of bones and teeth – it can also have a role to play in pre­vent­ing cer­tain types of can­cer and other chronic dis­eases. Health ex­perts now even go as far as to rec­om­mend the re-in­tro­duc­tion of ad­di­tional vi­t­a­min D sup­ple­ments for cer­tain risk groups. This in­cludes in­fants that are nour­ished by breast­feed­ing alone, as breast milk often lacks suf­fi­cient vi­t­a­min D. A new study from Switzer­land\* is mak­ing waves. It re­veals that, even in the sum­mer­time, 90% of Swiss GP pa­tients have too lit­tle vi­t­a­min D in their sys­tem to pro­vide the ideal pro­tec­tion against frac­tures and in­juries from falls. Vi­t­a­min D is formed in the skin with the help of UV solar ra­di­a­tion. Be­cause these rays can cause can­cer the best pro­tec­tion is to apply a good sun pro­tec­tor. Un­for­tu­nately sun creams with a pro­tec­tion fac­tor greater than 8 con­sid­er­ably re­duce the nat­ural vi­t­a­min D for­ma­tion. The Swiss Fed­eral Of­fice of Pub­lic Health (FOPH) there­fore speaks in terms of a bal­anc­ing act be­tween en­sur­ing that the skin is not ex­posed to too much sun whilst avoid­ing a de­fi­ciency in vi­t­a­min D\*\*. The re­search team, com­pris­ing four gen­eral prac­ti­tion­ers, re­ceived the Col­lege of Pri­mary Care Med­i­cine re­search prize for 2013 for its work. For more in­for­ma­tion on this award-win­ning re­search study, see: [www.khm-kongress.ch/khm2013/presse.](http://www.khm-kongress.ch/khm2013/presse.) The WHO is still un­de­cided about the pre­cise ideal daily dosage of vi­t­a­min D and has yet to make any in­ter­na­tion­ally-ap­plic­a­ble rec­om­men­da­tions. These there­fore vary from coun­try to coun­try.   \*Christoph Merlo, Constance Ross, Michael Trummler, Andreas Zeller. Prävalenz und Symptomatik des Vitamin-D-Mangels in der Hausartzpraxis (Prevalence and symptoms of vitamin D deficiency in primary care medicine.) College of Primary Care Medicine research price for primary care medicine 2013, College of Primary Care Medicine. \*\*Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) Vitamin D und Sonnenstrahlung (Vitamin D and solar radiation). [www.bag.admin.ch/uv\_strahlung/](https://www.bag.admin.ch/uv_strahlung/) ## Leave a comment ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) Written by [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/author/monique-inderbitzin) ### Posts by Topic - [Baby Care (42)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/baby-care) - [Food Solutions (30)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/food-solutions) - [Nutrition & Innovation (14)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/nutrition-innovation) - [Corporate (3)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/corporate) ### Recent Articles ### Popular Articles #### Related posts [![Lactose tolerance – part of our European cultural heritage](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Online%20Artikel/Dairy%20Ingredients/HocIns_Header_Laktoseintoleranz.jpg)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/actose-tolerance-part-of-our-european-cultural-heritage?hsLang=en) ##### [Lactose tolerance – part of our European cultural heritage](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/actose-tolerance-part-of-our-european-cultural-heritage?hsLang=en) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/actose-tolerance-part-of-our-european-cultural-heritage/author/monique-inderbitzin?hsLang=en) - February 8, 2023 [![VIOPLUS product innovation: like milk powder, but plant-based](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgaben%20Online/HSN_CC_Blog_Header_VIOPLUS.jpg)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/like-milk-powder-but-plant-based?hsLang=en) ##### [VIOPLUS product innovation: like milk powder, but plant-based](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/like-milk-powder-but-plant-based?hsLang=en) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/like-milk-powder-but-plant-based/author/monique-inderbitzin?hsLang=en) - December 2, 2022 [![Product innovation: new Bimbosan Riso PH](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgabe%2011/Riso%20PH_Blog%20klein.jpg)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/alternative-new-bimbosan-riso-ph-product?hsLang=en) ##### [Product innovation: new Bimbosan Riso PH](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/alternative-new-bimbosan-riso-ph-product?hsLang=en) ![Karin Bucher](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Blog/Portraitbilder%20Autoren/Karin-Bucher-150x150.png) By [Karin Bucher](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/alternative-new-bimbosan-riso-ph-product/author/karin-bucher?hsLang=en) - November 10, 2021 #### Contact Hochdorf Holding Ltd Siedereistrasse 9 Post office box 691 6281 Hochdorf Switzerland +41 41 914 65 65 [hochdorf@hochdorf.com](mailto:hochdorf@hochdorf.com) - - #### Site map - [Home](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/) - [Company](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/company/about-us/) - [Investors](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/investors/reports-presentations/) - [Media](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/media/press-releases/) - [Career](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/career/) - [Contact](https://hochdorf.com/en/contact/) #### Newsletter Subscription [![Subscribe to our newsletter](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3480252/53c6417d-812f-4360-94dd-d347bf4644b2.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3480252/53c6417d-812f-4360-94dd-d347bf4644b2) [![Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg.png?width=4167&name=Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg.png "Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg")](https://www.hochdorf.com/en) © Hochdorf Ltd [Privacy Policy](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/privacy-policy/)  I  [Imprint](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/imprint/)