Good morning day!
Good morning SUN!
Today we are going know little more about VITAMIN D!
This vitamin
is essential for bones and for immune system. And more, it helps to avoid colon
and other types of cancer. It is recommended for treatment of rheumatic and autoimmune
diseases and even diabetes.
We need
vitamin D to regulate calcium you absorb from your food and this calcium going
to build strong bones and teeth.
Calcium is
important for send messages along your nerves and to help your muscles contract,
as your heart beats for example.
And do you
know how to get this vitamin?
It´s easy. Go
out and get some sun! Yes!
The
ultraviolet light in the sunshine makes a type of cholesterol that´s found just
under our skin turn into something called vitamin D3 or
cholecalciferol. Let´s check the picture below:
Basically,
Vitamin D3 gets carried to liver that changes into more active form
called 25-hydrovitamin D3. This molecule goes to kidneys and becomes
more reactive form than before called 1,25-hydrovitamin D3.
We can found
vitamin D in some foods as beef liver, egg yolks, milk, salmon, sardines and
shrimp. However, it´s showed in a slightly different form called Vitamin D2 or
ergocalciferol. In supplements we can found cholecalciferol or ergocalciferol.
Doctors
suggest that we have to be exposure sun light before 10 am, around 15 to 20 minutes,
three times in a week. Let exposure your face, neck, arms and legs. Use
t-shirts and shorts at this period.
So, what are
you waiting for?
Enjoy!
Let you message
here!
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