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People spend too much time working indoors in front of the computer and then straight home and sit in front of the internet. Eat lunch outside for 20-30 min and then walk for 20-30 during lunch hour. Go home and as soon as you get home from work for 30 min. outside if there is still sun left?
I don't know where you get your information, I'm prone to think you just make it up. You are completely wrong, you must know that from a very limited search on the web. Type in Vitamin D and educate yourself.
You have gotten your information from the web and newsmagazine shows. Vitamin D is a hormone that is produce by the glands. How much is produce is biological and genetic.
went to the doctor last week and my blood work was excellent except that my vitamin D was a little low. I should take 800-1000 mg of vitamin D once a day. What do you think could be the cause? Not enough milk?BTW my cholesterol was 154.
Is it aso best to take C w/ the D....Here is a good GO To site WebMD WebMD Health Search
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It is not really a hormone but a prohormone, meaning the body converts it to a hormone. Deficiency is common because people spend a lot of time indoors and use sunscreen when they are outside.
If by "least melanated" you mean people with fair skin, you are incorrect. Dark skin is a risk factor for vitamin D deficiency.
Normal levels are determined by measuring them in large groups of healthy folks. Normal levels of vitamin D are 20 to 50 nanograms per milliliter of blood.
The sun plays no role in vitamin D. Vitamin D which is a hormone is produce by the glands and it is genetic and biological. Pale people are the greatest risk group of people who are lacking in vitamin D that's why their melanin deficient bodies absorb more of it from animal foods. People with sufficient amounts absorbs less because their bodies don't need it. There's no risk in a deficiency of vitamin D since it's all bull doo-doo. Simply put, those who bodies produces and secretes a sufficient amount of the hormone will absorb less or secrete the greatest amount. Those who has less absorbs more or secrete the least amount.
There is no determination of what is normal in individuals. Who are these large groups of healthy folks? Vitamin D which is a hormone is strictly regulated by individuals based on genetics and biological system. Nothing more nothing less.
You are so wrong with that statement. The sun is a natural source of Vitamin D and is the best thing you can do to increase the Vitamin D levels in your body. A lot of people say they live in a sunny area of the country but have low Vitamin D levels but do they actually go outside in the sun for 15 minutes a day? Or do they sit inside all day long?
The sun is a natural source of heat, sunrays, and ultraviolent light. You aren't getting vitamin D from the sun. I know that vitamin D provides a source of energy and so does the sun, but that doesn't make either one compatible with one another. Next they will say flames from the matchbox contains vitamin D. Sorry but the sun doesn't contain hormones.
"'It takes a dark-skinned male like myself 90 minutes three times a week to absorb enough sunlight to produce the recommended amount of Vitamin D compared to just 15 minutes three times a week for a Caucasian male,' said the Chicago-based Murphy, who also is a physician at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center."
I'm not trying to diminished your pride in what you believe you know about vitamin D or insult your intelligence in which you believe is supported by back up scientific facts. Vitamin D is a hormone that is produce by your glands. The more melanated you are the more vitamin D you can produce and the less you can absorb. Every individual body regulates what is needed. Dark people don't need sunlight. No one absorbs sunlight. You either burn quickly from it or you burn slowly from it. You can absorb vitamin D through animal food or synthetic hormones called 'vitamin D supplements.'
There's no such thing as an African-American having vitamin D deficiency. There's really no such thing as a pale person having vitamin D deficiency. Your body regulates and secretes what is needed.
I'm not trying to diminished your pride in what you believe you know about vitamin D or insult your intelligence in which you believe is supported by back up scientific facts. Vitamin D is a hormone that is produce by your glands. The more melanated you are the more vitamin D you can produce and the less you can absorb. Every individual body regulates what is needed. Dark people don't need sunlight. No one absorbs sunlight. You either burn quickly from it or you burn slowly from it. You can absorb vitamin D through animal food or synthetic hormones called 'vitamin D supplements.'
There's no such thing as an African-American having vitamin D deficiency. There's really no such thing as a pale person having vitamin D deficiency. Your body regulates and secretes what is needed.
I do not know where you are getting your information about vitamin D, but it is incorrect. You can get some from fatty fish and egg yolks, but not beef muscle or chicken.
When skin is exposed to sunlight, skin cells make vitamin D. There is no "gland" that makes it. You are unaware that the energy in sunlight can and does participate in chemical reactions. The sun does not contain hormones, but the energy in sunlight causes the skin to turn a form of cholesterol into vitamin D.
We are discussing whether your skin breathes or not. The answer is no. Skin doesn't breathe.
No, we're not. You're the one who said it didn't breathe. We were discussing whether it absorbs. You need to go back and re-read the thread. The skin most certainly does absorb. And yes, it is the largest organ in the body. You really need to take an anatomy class! Your comments are inaccurate and misleading.
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