About me: About Vitamin D- The sunshine vitamin
Vitamins are like chemicals that are essential for
one’s body. They are responsible to keep
your immunity string so that you can fight
diseases.
Vitamin D is often called as the Sun shine vitamin
because it is formed when your skin gets exposed
to sunlight. VitaminD is an essential nutrient
that comes with many great benefits for your body.
However one may not get adequate amount of it from
foods. Thus sun exposure becomes really
important.
This vitamin when received by one’s body
gets converted into a hormone. This hormone is
called as Calcitriol.
Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin. So for people
who are fat, they may require more of this vitamin
as their body fat may dissolve this Vitamin.
What is the importance of Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is responsible to maintain bone health
and makes your bone strong. It absorbs calcium and
phosphorous to ensure that your immune system
stays strong. Both these elements develop bone
structure.
It is essential to fight diseases and also
improves functioning of muscles.
It also helps in reducing chances of Heart
diseases.
It facilitates respiration by keepinglungs and
airways healthy.
It also reduces risks associated with occurrence
of cancer and multiple sclerosis disease
What can happen if one goes low in this Vitamin?
Deficiency of Vitamin D can cause many issues.
These include:
• Causing gum issue
• May lead to diabetes
• Cause depression
• Lead to occurrence of heart ailments and
Blood pressure
• Your bone may ache- one may even suffer
from rheumatoid arthritis.
• One may even go breathless
• Cause rickets in children- bones become
soft and thin.
What are the dietary sources of Vitamin D?
• Salmon
• Egg Yolk
• Shrimp
• Sardines
• Tuna fish
• Beef liver
• Cheese
How can you say how much exposure to sun is
adequate to meet your demand of Vitamin D?
The question can’t be answered so easily.
However about twenty minutes daily in the sun can
help one gain this important nutrient.Over
exposure to sun can increase one’s chances
of developing skincancer, especially if you go sun
burn. Dark complexioned people need to expose
themselves to the sun for a little longer period
of time. Their body may take long time to prepare
this vitamin. Thus supplements as well as dietary
foods if included can help one tackle their needs
of this essential nutrient to ensure that our
health is well maintained.
