You may wonder what sunscreen has to do with osteopenia.   Perhaps, like me, you didn’t realize that suncreen prevents Vitamin D from forming on your skin.  As the action of the sun on the skin is our best way for getting
vitamin D for healthy bones, this is a big concern for us.

Please consider the reason for our concern.  Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is extremely important in preventing or healing osteopenia. When ultraviolet rays from the sun touch your skin,  they trigger synthesis
of Vitamin D.  However, sunscreen prevents that action from happening.

Vitamin D regulates both the calcium and phosphorous levels in the blood
by enabling their absorption from food. Your body is unable to absorb
calcium from your digestive system into the blood stream without
adequate Vitamin D.

As Vitamin D promotes bone growth and health,  a deficiency of Vitamin D
can lead to bone softening.   Known for preventing rickets in children it also
works with calcium to protect adults from osteopenia and osteoporosis.  Without Vitamin D, bones  become brittle, porous, thin and misshapen.
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