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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.
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What convert a substance found in the skin to vitamin D?
There is a cholesterol that is found in the skin that will help to absorb the vitamin D that you get from the sun. This substance is called 7 dehydrocholesterol.
What are the effects of sunbathing?
it can give u diseases and it cause skin cancer and its really bad for you and hard to get rid of.
What in the sun can transform skin cells to help the body absorb calcium and prevent rickets?
vitamin D
The in the sun can transform skin cells into helping the body absorb calcium and prevent rickets?
ultraviolet, vitamin D
What is the affect of no sunlight on the skin?
The body needs the sun so it can produce vitamin D. Vitamin D is needed to absorb calcium for your bones. So without sun on the skin children are at risk of rickets and adults at risk of osteomalacia.
Does the sun give you vitamin c?
no, it gives you D The Sun helps you absorb the vitamin, but it doesn't actually give you the vitamin
What vitamins does the sun give off?
Vitamins are chemicals the Sun does not give off any chemicals that we can absorb on Earth. When certain wavelenghts of UV light hit our skin we can make vitamin D3 from cholesterol.
What triggers Vitamin D synthesis in the skin?
The Sun causes the synthesis of Vitamin D in the skin.
The sun on your skin?
The morning and the evening sun on the human skin provides vitamin D.
Does the sun drain us of vitamin d?
no thre sun addiquatly provides vitamin d for our skin
Does vitamin B come from the sun?
I know that vitamin d is one isn't vitamin e another?
How does the sun give you vitamin d?
Very few foods in nature contain vitamin D. The flesh of fish (such as salmon, tuna, and mackerel) and fish liver oils are among the best sources . Small amounts of vitamin D are found in beef liver, cheese, and egg yolks. Vitamin D in these foods is primarily in the form of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and its metabolite 25(OH)D3 . Some mushrooms provide vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) in variable amounts Most people meet their vitamin D needs through exposure to sunlight
