Friday, August 24, 2012

VITAMIN D! GO OUT AND ENJOY!


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!

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