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You can get vitamin D from the sun. Your body produces vitamin D when exposed to UV rays from the sun. That is not to say that you should lay in the sun for hours, but if you are lacking in vitamin D, try doing some outdoor activities and eat lots of green leafy vegetables.
The skin produces vitamin D when exposed to sunlight. Vitamin D levels are monitored by the thyroid gland, which produces a hormone when levels are low, causing the skin to produce vit. D.
The sun does not provide vitamins, but will help the production of vitamin D from the Ultraviolet rays from the sun. So if you are looking to increase your intake of vitamin D, this is not a beneficial way to do so because you are exposing yourself to dangerous UV rays that lead to skin cancer. You are better off taking a daily multi-vitamin. -Chanel Peacock, MA-
Ultraviolet A (long wavelength) initiates production of vitamin D and melanin (tanning). Ultraviolet B (short wavelength) damages the skin causing sunburns and in some cases cancers.
If you mean,"do we get vitamin D from the sun?" then yes, we do. If you mean,"does the sun burn up vitamin D?" or,"Did the sun come into existence as a giant ball of vitamin D?" then no.
This is true because the sun produces ultraviolet rays (most of the time) which carry heavy amounts of vitamin D. Vitamin D is extremely healthy for the skin, but too much can cause skin cancer. So use the sun, but do it safely! -Dermatologist
I know that vitamin d is one isn't vitamin e another?
True, provided you are exposed to the sun. Sunlight enables your body to make vitamin D. For this reason, vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin.
The skin uses the sun to produce vitamin D. It is not literally absorbed through the skin from the sun, rather vitamin D is produced by the body under the skin in reaction to sunlight. Vitamin D is necessary to keep bones and teeth healthy as it helps to regulate the amounts of phosphate and calcium in the body.
In white people, and other people with the right gene, Vitamin D. Everybody produces melanin when exposed to the sun. Melanin is the chemical that darkens your skin as a defense against the sun.
Vitamin D comes from sunshine exposure and works with the mineral calcium. "Sunshine vitamin" is the nickname for vitamin D because the human body produces vitamin D through exposure to the UV rays of the Sun.
No, the skin does not produce vitamin C by using ultraviolet rays from the sun. Vitamin C is obtained through the diet from fruits and vegetables. Sun exposure helps the skin produce vitamin D, not vitamin C.