SOURCES OF VITAMIN D
Very few foods provide this very important Vitamin required for healthy body-building.
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Oily Fish, Soya Products, Mushrooms provide significant sources of Vitamin D.
Egg Yolks provide rather low-levels of the Vitamin and needs to be carefully balanced with any of the above food sources.
You may also get Vitamin D from fortified foods like, breakfast cereals but majority of them are highly processed. They tend to also have too much sugar and salt to be healthy.
Note that SUNSHINE is vital for Vitamin D.
WHAT CAN YOU BE DOING WRONG? THAT IS, NEGATING THE EFFECTS OF VITAMIN B.
No matter how healthy you eat, if you are doing any of the below-listed, you are inadvertently negating the effects of Vitamin D and this have serious consequences on the healthy body you are looking for.
1. Not having enough sunlight will cause Vitamin D deficiency. (People living in sunlight areas, especially, northern latitudes are prone to Vitamin D deficiency).
2. The use of significant level of sunscreen can suppress Vitamin D formation in the skin.
3. Very-low-fat diets. These can disrupt the absorption of dietary Vitamin D.
Vitamin D is very important for the Skin, Muscles and Bones and its deficiency may affect the natural body-fitness you are looking for.
HOW WOULD YOU NOTICE THAT VITAMIN D IS NOT ENOUGH IN THE BODY-SYSTEM?
Amongst others, it is a very common occurrence across all age groups and seasons.
There is a medical condition known as RICKETS in children.
There is also another condition known as OSTEOMALACIA (or bone softening) in adults.
OSTEOPOROSIS can also be caused by low-levels of the vitamin.
Another linked symptom of Vitamin D deficiency is Muscle Weakness.
HOW WOULD YOU NOTICE THAT VITAMIN D MAY BE TOO MUCH IN THE BODY-SYSTEM?
Common diseases such as, diarrhoea, constipation, headache, loss of appetite, and excess circulating levels of an important mineral such as calcium, may be attributed to too much Vitamin D in the body system. You would therefore have to examine any of the above sources of producing the vitamin either by the body-system itself or from diet.
HOW DOES THE BODY USES VITAMIN D?
You may be surprised but don't be!
Vitamin D is equally important for healthy teeth and bones. Not only for muscles.
When the body has Vitamin D, calcium can be absorbed in the gut and can also prevent the loss of calcium in urine.
Vitamin D also helps to maintain the amount of Phosphorus in the body. Phosphorus is another important mineral for the bone.
Last but not the least, Vitamin D is very helpful to the body's immune system which is very vital to a healthy body-building.
Maintaining the required levels of sugar in the blood, is also another responsibility of Vitamin D.
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