2022 marks one hundred years since Elmer McCollum and Marguerite Davis, two biochemists, reported their discovery of a substance they would name – vitamin D. It was also the year that the connection between sunlight and vitamin D was made.
As we make our transition into the autumn months, when the sunlight is not strong enough for the body to make vitamin D, we feel it is the perfect time to recap on the benefits of vitamin D and also to take a look at the very latest research, one hundred years on.