Vitamin D: What’s the “right” level?

POSTED DECEMBER 19, 2016, 9:30 AM , UPDATED DECEMBER 20, 2016, 9:36 AM

Monique Tello, MD, MPH, Contributing Editor

Many of my patients who come into the office for their physical exams ask to have their vitamin D levels checked. They may have a family member with osteoporosis, or perhaps they have had bone thinning themselves. Mostly, they want to know that they’re doing everything they can to keep their bones strong.

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