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Dark skin protects you from the tropical sun and produces more vitamin d then light skin?
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∙ 14y ago
Light skin exposed to tropical sun will produce more vitamin D than dark skin, because the UV light is less filtered by the pigment melanin. That is why a light skinned person only needs a few minutes of tropical sun each day to get enough Vitamin D. Any more than that is only increasing the risk of skin cancer. The skin darkens to try to protect you from UV radiation.
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What Vitamins come from sunlight?
Vitamin D. The body produces vitamin D when sunlight (ultraviolet light) strikes the skin.
What is the name of the Vitamin that is absorbed through UV rays?
There is no vitamin that is absorbed through uv rays , but when uv light falls on skin , it produces vitamin D in skin by a photochemical reaction .
Do you need light to live?
you will be deficient in certain vitamins that your body produces through contact with light. but, you can get those vitamins from food or vitamin suppliments. so, theoretically no, you don't need light.
What are the benefits of light to someone with Down syndrome?
Natural light produces vitamins D and C. Vitamin D in light is known to improve brain functioning in persons with down syndrome.
What can the human skin do that the human body can't do?
Human skin produces Vitamin D in presence of sun light but not the other parts of body.
How is light related to Vitamin C?
Vitamin C is sensitive to light, air and heat.
A vitamin that is easily destroyed by light and irradiation is?
vitamin A
What vitamin is sensitive to light?
Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, Folic Acid, Vitamin K, Vitamin E, Pyridoxine, Riboflavin
What is vitamin manufactured in skin?
Vitamin D has two forms which are vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). Vitamin D without a subscript refers to either D2 or D3 or both.Vitamin D3 is produced in the skin of vertebrates after exposure to ultraviolet B light.
A dark colored pigment that protects from the ultraviolet light is called?
Pigment that protects from the ultraviolet light is called melanin. This is science.
How are the two sytems skin and skeletal related?
The skin (integumentary system) produces Vitamin D in the presence of UV light from sunshine that is used by the skeletal system to build healthy bone.
A vitamin that is manfactured in the skin is?
Vitamin D but it requires ultraviolet light.
