Vitamins play a crucial role in the human body’s metabolism and these exotic molecules are essential for the proper functioning of cells in the body. Vitamins are organic chemicals that must be obtained from dietary sources, as the body does not make vitamins. Theory has it that somewhere along the
Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to more severe illness and an increased fatality rate due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Observational studies at the AZ Delta General Hospital in Roeselare, Belgium, at the Hospital Universitario Marquis de Valdecilla in Spain,
Like a silent thief in the night, you are unaware of the presence of osteoporosis, until something breaks suddenly – a window in the case of a burglar; or a bone in your body in the case of osteoporosis. What is bone? Although it looks like a rock-solid substance, bone
What is vitamin D? The natural form of vitamin D is produced in the skin when energy from ultraviolet B rays (UVB) in sunlight converts cholesterol in the cells of the skin into vitamin D3, a steroid hormone. The natural form of vitamin D from sunlight or fatty animal sourced
As spring arrives, one is so easily lured to getting an early tan, in anticipation of strapless summer dresses! The Scientific American’s Board of Editors published an analysis and opinion in the April 2015 issue of Scientific American, calling tanning beds “skin cancer factories”, and that people younger than 18
More and more research papers are supporting the vital role of Vitamin D in optimal health and disease prevention. Vitamin D affects your DNA through vitamin D receptors, which bind to specific locations on the human genome – nearly 3000 genes in the human body are influenced by your vitamin
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