Which vitamin is needed to help the body absorb calcium and phosphate from our diet?

Cholesterol in the skin when exposed to the sun is converted into vitamin D. So if your cholesterol level is a little bit high just sit in the sun for about 15 minutes without sunscreen to lower your level of cholesterol and raise you level od vitamin D.

vitamin K-2 is also essential for D3 to do it's job..

Laudy Miss Claudy, Advice should only come from experts. While well intended that in practice is risky to some degree. Much care is required. ! ! !

Arohanui, "only mad dogs and Englishmen go it in the midday sun".

Ralph, I take D3 everyday and B12!!