Question 1

how long does vitamin d stay in your body?

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3 mos: Vitamin d is fat soluble, so once your level is stable on replacement it takes up to 3 mos to decline back to the prior level.

Question 2

is vitamin d good for your body?

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D does many things!: Vitamin d3 is quite essential for many things.  The skin will make this on exposure to sunlight, but most people still need it as a supplement.  It is necessary to absorb calcium from the GI tract, and prevent osteoporosis.  But it bolsters the immune system, helps prevent prostate, breast, and colon cancers, and heart disease as well.

Question 3

what does vitamin d do for the body?

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Active hormone: Hi. Vitamin D per se has no direct effect in the body. Vitamin D is 25-hydroxylated in the liver. 25-hydroxyvitamin D is converted to the active hormone, calcitriol, in a tightly regulated step in the kidneys. Calcitriol is the active agent. It regulates gene expression in target tissues (gut, bone, muscle, etc). Calcitriol helps with calcium homeostasis, bone &amp; muscle health, balance, etc.

Question 4

how do our bodies make vitamin d outside?

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Its made inside: Sun exposure is an easy, reliable way for most people to get vitamin d. Exposure of the hands, face, arms, and legs to sunlight two to three times a week for about one-fourth of the time it would take to develop a mild sunburn will cause the skin to produce enough vitamin d. The necessary exposure time varies with age, skin type, season, time of day, etc. Still, vitamin d deficiency is very common.

Question 5

how is level of vitamin d in the body lowered?

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Many causes: Lack of exposure to sunlight, effects of diseases(crohn disease), deficiency of vitamin d in diet, exposure to toxic substances, harmful chemicals, side effects of certain medicinesusa.Thanks.

Question 6

how many ways is vitamin d good for your body?

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Bone health: It is widely agreed that vitamin d is important for bone health.  Other benefits are controversial but include help in fighting infections, help in preventing diabetes, and  help in preventing depression.

Question 7

can vitamin d already present inside our body?

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No it is produced by: No it is produced by exposure to sunlight.

Question 8

can you tell me how the body produce vitamin d?

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Enough sunlight: Hi. Humans can make our own vitamin D in the skin upon exposure to UV light in sunlight. This vitamin D (vitamin D3) then has a hydroxyl group (-OH) added on to the 25 position in the liver in an unregulated step, creating 25(OH)vitamin D. This is then converted to the active form, calcitriol by addition of an -OH group at the 1 position in a tightly regulated step (regulated by PTH and FGF-23).

Question 9

how to increase the level of vitamin d in our body?

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Vitamin supplement: Vitamin d supplements are readily available.Sunsh9ine helps produce iot as well.

Question 10

what does vitamin d do for your body? is it necessary?

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Vitamin D benefits: Vitamin D can help prevent heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, &amp; even some cancers. Because many of us can't get enough from the sun, taking a supplement may be a good idea for some. Get your levels checked at your next check-up so you'll know if you need more. (Ref. bhg.com)

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