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Antioxidants - Fighters against free radical damage
GSE
Vitamin D - Sunshine Vitamin / Antioxidant against health problems
Vitamin
D - "The Sunshine Vitamin"
"You are My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine
. . ."
What are our sources of vitamin D?
Sunlight. For most people, the major source of
vitamin D is the
D3 form obtained
from exposure to sunlight. Humans and other vertebrates
create Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) in their skin after exposure
to ultraviolet B (UV-B) light (from the
sun or artificial sources).
Vertebrate animal meat and oily fish. In addition to sunlight, we can also obtain
vitamin D3 form by consuming vertebrate animal or
fish flesh. But of the fish, only oily fish has any significant
quantity
Invertebrate meat, plants and fungi. Invertebrates, plants
and fungi create
vitamin D2 form when exposed to
UV-B radiation.
We obtain vitamin D2by consuming these foods.
Supplements. Due to various limiting factors to sun-derived
sources
(e.g. fear of melanoma, amount of available UV-B radiation,
exposure times, use of sunscreens), most people today fall short of their
vitamin D needs without a dietary/supplementarysource.
SupplementalD2 and D3can be synthesized in
a lab setting. D2 only stays
in the bloodstream a few days (compared to weeks for
D3).
So one would need to supplement D2
regularly.
Enzymes in the body convert both D2and
D3 vitamins into CALCIDIOL
25(OH)D (its circulating
D form), and then the kidneys (and also the cells
to some degree) convert this to CALCITRIOL 1,25(OH)2D
(its active form)
Vitamins D2 andD3 from dietary
sources are packaged in chylomicrons and transported via the lymphatic system into
venous circulation;
Enzymes in the body convert both D2
and D3 vitamins into CALCIDIOL25(OH)D (its circulating
D form), and then the kidneys (and also the cells
to some degree) convert this to CALCITRIOL 1,25(OH)2D
(its active form)
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