subject: Importance Of Vitamin D In Human Life [print this page] Vitamin d is an essential source of vitamins for maintaining the activities of the human body. Also Vitamin d helps in the skeletal and bone strength of the human skeletal system in general. Now vitamin d is found in varied sources suchas liver, beef, veal, eggs, dairy products, and salt-water fish in the market. The best natural source of vitamin d is Sunlight as per the fact based on studies. It is found that human body do have the ability of producing vitamin d in the skin with the help of 7-dehydrocholesterol which occurs during photochemical reaction with ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Several studies have shown that the vitamin d is a regulator of calcium homeostasis and bone mineralization in the body.
Also seen that vitamin d demonstrates immunomodulatory, anticarcinogenic, and antioxidant abilities in the body. Generally there are two types of vitamin d like secosterols ergocalciferol(D2), and cholecalciferol(D3). The production of vitamin d in the body leads in avoiding the deficiency of vitamin d infact. Also consumers should know that vitamin d plays a major role in maintaing vitamin d levels for keeping good health. It is important to know that vitamin d cannot be mixed with other chemicals such as digoxin, phenytoin, phenobarbital and thiazide diurectics which might cause adverse effects reducing the effectiveness.
If consumers tries to make the usage of vitamin d drugs then it will lead to decreasing absorption along with disturbing the functioning of vitamin d in the human body. Also in many cases the condition get serious , at that moment consumers have to consume supplementations like carbamazepine, cholestryamine, colestipol, mineral oil, and stimulant laxatives. But consumers should be careful while dealing with vitamin d drug or supplements in the market. Consumers should visit online shops to know more about vitamin d before making its usage in daily life.
