Lets discuss about the vitamin D benefits, sources, deficiency and treatment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin. It means that it dissolves in fats and oils. These fat soluble vitamins are absorbed along with fats in the diet and are stored in the body with a half-life of 1-2 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vitamin D is also known by other names such as calciferol or sunshine vitamin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two major forms of vitamin D, i.e vitamin D2 or ergocalciferol and vitamin D3, or cholecalciferol. Vitamin D2 is made naturally by plants, whereas vitamin D3 is made naturally by body when skin is exposed to ultraviolet radiation in sunlight (UVB). Both forms are converted to 25-hydroxyvitamin D in the liver. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D then travels through the blood to the kidneys, where it is further modified to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D or calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D in the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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