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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.

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Which vitamin helps absorb calcium?

Vitamin D helps us absorb calcium.


Why is synthetic vitamin C more resistant to oxidization than vitamin C in a fresh orange?

Vitamin c helps your bones go stronger and helps to heal your body wear as synthetic vitamin c helps to protect cells from oxidization and other substance Vitamin c helps your bones go stronger and helps to heal your body wear as synthetic vitamin c helps to protect cells from oxidization and other substance Vitamin c helps your bones go stronger and helps to heal your body wear as synthetic vitamin c helps to protect cells from oxidization and other substance Vitamin c helps your bones go stronger and helps to heal your body wear as synthetic vitamin c helps to protect cells from oxidization and other substance


Do The skin helps production of vitamin c by using ultraviolet rays from the sun to form an initial molecule of vitamin c that matures in the liver?

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.


Why is milk fortified with vitamin D?

Early in the 20th century, children who lived in slums with buildings packed close together did not have much outdoor play space or time outdoors at all. This led to an epidemic number of cases of a disease called "rickets", which was essentially soft bones. It was found that the disease could be avoided by such children taking a daily dose of cod liver oil - rich in Vitamin D. Much to the joy of children everywhere, cod liver oil declined in popularity when vitamin D began to be added to milk, instead.


Do tortoises need calcium with or without vitamin D3?

The tortoise does require calcium and vitamin D as it helps in the formation of its shell.

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What vitamin helps anxeity?

Exercise


Does outdoor exercise help your body make vitamin d?

Not the exercise per se but being in the sun will enable your body to make Vitamin D (actually a hormone and not a vitamin) from the sun. It is best to go shirtless for 10-20 minutes around midday. NO sunscreen! In this day and age most people are deficient in V D3 and the many problems this deficiency causes are just beginning to be understood.


Which vitamin helps your vision?

Vitamin C


Which vitamin helps absorb calcium?

Vitamin D helps us absorb calcium.


What Vitamin helps for metabolism levels?

Vitamin d


Why does the body need vitamins for?

Each vitamin has an important role i.e Vitamin A in carrot helps sight at night, vitamin D in milk helps your bones, vitamin C in oranges helps your body to heal when you are cut, vitamin B in vegetables helps your body make protein and energy.


Which vitamin helps the nervous and immune system function efficiently?

Vitamin B6


Which vitamin is a fat-soluble antioxidant that protects vitamin A?

vitamin E helps to protect vitamin A and fats in the body.


What vitamin helps prevent infections and heals wounds?

The vitamin that prevents infections and promotes healing of wounds is Vitamin C. This vitamin also protects against bruising, helps prevent cancer, and helps with the growth of teeth and bones.


Which vitamins come from mainly being outside?

The primary vitamin produced from being outside is vitamin D, which is synthesized by the skin in response to sunlight exposure, particularly ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. Spending time outdoors can also provide some vitamin A through sun exposure, as it helps in the conversion of beta-carotene from plant sources. However, vitamin D is the most significant vitamin associated with outdoor activity and sunlight exposure.


What vitamin helps eyesight and protects the lining of your organs?

Vitamin K


What is a vitamin that your body can manufacture that helps your eye sight?

its is called vitamin A