milk. you also absorb some of it from the sun
Vitamin D is not a true vitamin. It's a hormone that organisms have been photosynthesizing for over 750 million years as a result of exposure to sunlight.
Vitamin D:
Vitamin D is found in:
Vitamin D is produced in the body when it is exposed to sunlight.
Vitamin D3, also known as cholecalciferol is the natural human form of vitamin D made in the skin when cholesterol reacts with sunlight.It doesn't have significant biological activity, so it must be metabolized first by the liver and then by the kidneys to be converted into fully-active, hormonal form of Vitamin D known as calcitrol.
Vitamin D3 is now being studied for treatment of certain cancers.
There are two basic types of vitamin D:
Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble prohormones, the two major forms of which are vitamin D2 (or ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (or cholecalciferol). (Wikipedia)
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D3 is the form of vitamin D that is produced by our skin when we are exposed to sunlight.
Vitamin D is produced by ultraviolet radiation on your skin. The UV light converts a precursor molecule to vitamin D.
Vitamin D (disambiguation).
I know that vitamin d is one isn't vitamin e another?
Vitamins A , C and D. Calcium also helps
Vitamin a, Vitamin b, vitamin c.
The term "vitamin D" refers to several different forms of this vitamin. ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Vitamin D2 synthesized by plants. Vitamin D3 is synthesized by humans in the skin. D is the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet and the vitamin D was the fourth vitamin discovered.
is vitamin d a compound?
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.
it is a vitamin.
vitamin D will prevent rickets.
Yes, why else would it be called vitamin D if not?
1,25- Dihydroxy vitamin D