Vitamin D’s best known trait is probably the role it plays in maintaining healthy bones. Vitamin D sends chemical messages to your intestines to increase the absorption of calcium, an important nutrient in creating healthy bones. It not only helps to form and maintain bones by promoting calcium absorption, it also works with other vitamins, minerals, and hormones to promote bone mineralization. Without Vitamin D, bones can become thin, brittle, and deformed. Having enough Vitamin D in your diet prevents skeletal diseases that weaken bones. Vitamin D also helps prevent the onset of osteoporosis, a disease that weakens bones. Vitamin D helps stop osteoporosis if it has already started. Which statement best describes a theme of this passage? 10 points Calcium is important to overall health. Vitamin D is important for strong bones. Vitamins are crucial for a good personality. Vitamin D is not an important mineral.