subject: Improve Your Health with Free Vitamin D [print this page] Studies on vitamin D done by Robert Barefoot indicates that vitamin D is indispensible to the absorption of calcium, once it is broken down in the body. Over one billion people all over the world suffer from the problem of Vitamin-D deficiency and it would thus not be very wrong to say that it's a pandemic problem related to health. A deficiency of this pattern can cause poor bone health in adults and children and exposes one to the risks of developing- cancer, depression, autoimmune diseases, heart problems, some infectious diseases as well as high blood pressure.
The benefits of Vitamin D are not claimed without proper evidence. There are several studies relating to this that have been done and have shown reliable results.
Some of them are
Significant increase in muscle mass and improvement in bone health was demonstrated by girls within the age group of 10-17 who took 200 to 2000 IU vitamin-d for a year.
60% reduction in the risk of developing cancer was shown by post menopausal women exposed to 1100 IU vitamin-D each day.
5000 IU of Vitamin D day during winter has proven to reduce symptoms of depression.
Children exposed to 2000 IU per day in one year develop 78% immunity to developing diabetes of type-1 order.
Vitamin D exposure of 800 IU a day for 5 months in old people of 89 years of average age helps to reduce the incidence of falls.
Vitamin D is one vitamin that comes for free for everybody, in the form of sunlight. The skin produces vitamin D when exposed to the sun rays. That does not imply that too much exposure is good. A normal amount of exposure of 5-15 minutes to legs and arms is beneficial.
Some diets also offer vitamin D. Fortifies milk, fish, egg and cod liver oil are the main supplier of Vitamin D among the dietary sources. Thus these foods should thus be included in the daily diet if one wishes to live longer with the advantages of Vitamin.
There are two important variety of vitamin D that is useful for human beings:
1. Ergocalciferol- that is Vitamin D2. Plants synthesize this type of the vitamin D
2. Cholecalciferol- that is Vitamin D3. This one is created in humans when their skin is exposed to the sun and the ultraviolet-B rays from it help in the synthesis.
Why is it important for our body?
The important functions of Vitamin D are:
It helps to maintain proper levels of phosphorous and calcium in the blood.
It helps to absorb the calcium that is broken down in the body which in turn helps the formation and maintenance of the bones.
New researches suggest that vitamin D protects people from Hypertension, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases, cancer and heart disorders.
Osteomalacia and rickets are some problems that have their cure in Vitamin D adequacy.
Vitamin D intake helps to reduce risk of contracting inflammatory bowel problems.
