(Vitamin D is also known as the sunshine vitamin. It is able to help and rejuvenate skin. However, "overdoses" of ultraviolet light is harmful to one's body.)
MelaninWhat gives you your skin color is melanin, a substance or pigment found in the inner layer of the epidermis. It is produced by melanocytes and its function is to give the skin its color and to protect the underlying layers against damage of ultraviolet light. HeredityHowever, heredity and genes do play a part of your skin color. For example, when you are inheriting a gene (in this example skin color) you do get the codes from your parents' skin color, but remember that alleles can be able to produce chances (in percents) that are significantly different from your parents.Remember...
Melanin is the pigment found under your epidermis that produces your skin color. The more melanin you produce, the darker your skin becomes.
vitamin D
vitamin d
One unit of Vitamin D equals One International Unit of Vitamin D. Another name for International Unit is IU, but there is no such thing as a "unit" of Vitamin D.
Brown and white or yellow and brown.
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Vitamin D is produced by ultraviolet radiation on your skin. The UV light converts a precursor molecule to vitamin D.
The Sun causes the synthesis of Vitamin D in the skin.
Vitamin D.
Mainly for two reasons:to get a bronze color that they preferto expose the skin to sun light to get Vitamin D. Vitamin D is essential for healthy bones, and we get most of our vitamin D from exposure to sunlight.
Your skin is responsible for synthesis of Vitamin D.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D, of course.
Vitamin D is formed in your skin when the skin is exposed to UV
Natural sunlight is an excellent source of vitamin d. The skin absorbs vitamin d from the sun's rays, but it is still essential to use sunblock to prevent skin damage.
Vitamin A and Vitamin E are the 2 i know of.
Both vitamin A and D!
It depends on your skin color. The dark the skin color the more you will have to stay in the sun. The whiter or lighter your skin is, the less time you have to spend in the sun. For example.. A really brown African Woman May need about 2 hours in the sun each day to get the Vitamin D she needs. And The average white person may only need 15 minutes or so out in the sun.