How Does Our Skin Turn Sunlight Into Vitamin D?
We know vitamin D is good for us and that we get it from the sun, but how exactly does our skin make it? Do Vitamins Really Improve Health?
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Look at that guy, he thinks he's plants! Howdy vitamen, vitawomen, and everyone in between, Trace here with some brain nutrition for DNews. Vitamin D is everywhere in our diets these days, sort of. You can get it in cereal, milk, orange juices and other fortified foods, as well as in fatty fish, egg yolks and a few other places. But, mostly, vitamin D comes from YOU. From your skin. You MAKE it. Vitamin D is actually a group of five fat-soluble molecules, and in it's main animal version, Vitamin D3, it promotes absorption of calcium for our bones. Without vitamin D, adults can experience osteomalacia -- pain and weakness, and children can develop rickets: a softening of the bone's growth plates which can lead to bowed legs. Bottom line, D3 is real important. But let's get back to this skin thi...
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Look at that guy, he thinks he's plants! Howdy vitamen, vitawomen, and everyone in between, Trace here with some brain nutrition for DNews. Vitamin D is everywhere in our diets these days, sort of. You can get it in cereal, milk, orange juices and other fortified foods, as well as in fatty fish, egg yolks and a few other places. But, mostly, vitamin D comes from YOU. From your skin. You MAKE it. Vitamin D is actually a group of five fat-soluble molecules, and in it's main animal version, Vitamin D3, it promotes absorption of calcium for our bones. Without vitamin D, adults can experience osteomalacia -- pain and weakness, and children can develop rickets: a softening of the bone's growth plates which can lead to bowed legs. Bottom line, D3 is real important. But let's get back to this skin thi...
