Translations. 1  Arabic: please add this translation if you can. 2  Armenian: please add this translation if you can. 3  Chinese: Mandarin: æ²ç² (zh), æç² (zh) (pÅ«fÄn), æ»ç³ç² (zh) (huÃ¡shÃ­fÄn), ç½èº«ç² (zh) (shuÇngshÄnfÄn)  Esperanto: please add this translation if you 1  can. Finnish: talkkijauhe.  Italian: borotalco (it) m, talco (it) m.
1 Protect your hands when it's cold outside to keep your nails from getting brittle and give them the chance to grow long.  Get plenty of sun, even in the winter, since the sun helps your body create the vitamin D your nails need to grow faster.
Vitamin D is a nutrient found in some foods that is needed for health and to maintain strong bones. It does so by helping the body absorb calcium (one of bone's main building blocks) from food and supplements.People who get too little vitamin D may develop soft, thin, and brittle bones, a condition known as rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Vitamin D is important to the body in many other ways as well.Muscles need it to move, for example, nerves need it to carry messages between the brain and every body part, and the immune system needs vitamin D to fight off invading bacteria and viruses.t does so by helping the body absorb calcium (one of bone's main building blocks) from food and supplements. People who get too little vitamin D may develop soft, thin, and brittle bones, a condition known as rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.