subject: Know Your Vitamin D [print this page] Vitamin d act as important source of vitamins in human body for balancing the activities of the human system . Vitamin d helps in the skeletal growth along with bone strengthening of the human skeletal system. One can see vitamin d in different products like liver, beef, veal, eggs, dairy products, and salt-water fish etc. The best source of vitamin d is sunlight which is a natural source of it. One should know that human body is having the capability of producing vitamin d in the skin with the aid of 7-dehydrocholesterol which happens due to photochemical reaction with ultraviolet radiation of the sun. Mostly vitamin d act as a regulator of calcium homeostasis along with having bone mineralization in the body.
Not only this vitamin d demonstrates immunomodulatory, anticarcinogenic, and antioxidant abilities in the human system. There are two kinds of vitamin d like secosterols ergocalciferol(D2), and cholecalciferol(D3). By this one should understand the concept that vitamin d is produced in the body. Several factors like age leads to vitamin d deficiencies in the body. In this way vitamin d plays an important role in maintaing the healthy body of the people. Studies reveals that vitamin d cannot be mixed with several chemicals like digoxin, phenytoin, phenobarbital and thiazide diurectics leading to adverse effects and lessening the effectiveness.
If someone makes the usage of these drugs then should know that it result in decrease absorption in the body of vitamin d along with disturbing the functioning of vitamin d in the body. And if in case the person is suffering from vitamin d deficiencies then might have to intake supplementations like carbamazepine, cholestryamine, colestipol, mineral oil, and stimulant laxatives etc. One should be careful before opting such drugs or supplements as a diet and should follow the instructions of health care professionals before going for it. People should understand that vitamin d does have its pros and cons and could turn sensitive if not dosed propelry or over dosed caes arises depend on the type of scenario.
