{"id":822,"date":"2018-11-14T18:13:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T18:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/?p=822"},"modified":"2019-06-20T09:18:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T09:18:27","slug":"vitamin-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/vitamins\/vitamin-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin D, D2 & D3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Types of Vitamin D<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vitamin D isnt  a single compound but five forms of Vitamin D – D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5. The most important forms used by the body being D2 and D3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitamin D3 cholecalciferol<\/strong> is made by the body in the skin when it is exposed to sunlight \/ ultraviolet light that is why it is often referred to as the sunshine vitamin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitamin D2 Ergocalciferol<\/strong> – <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both D3 and D2 are transformed in the liver and kidneys into 25 hydroxyvitamins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Vitamin used for in the body?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The immune system, bones, teeth and muscles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helps regulate and absorb calcium and phosphate in the body<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitamin D helps absorb calcium which helps build bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitamin D Foods<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vegans can find it difficult to intake through diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mushrooms, Spinach, Kale, nuts and  fortified foods like plantbased milk, orange juice, cereals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books<\/strong>:
The Miraculous Results Of Extremely High Doses Of The Sunshine Hormone Vitamin D3 My Experiment With Huge Doses Of D3 From 25,000 To 50,000 To 100,000 Iu A Day Over A 1 Year Period – Jeff T Bowles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Reading<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do we need vitamin D in our diets?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comparison of vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 supplementation in raising serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status: a systematic review and meta-analysis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Differential effects of vitamin D2 and D3 supplements on 25-hydroxyvitamin D level are dose, sex, and time dependent: a randomized controlled trial.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitamin D supplementation for chronic liver diseases in adults.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of cancer in adults.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitamin D and vitamin D analogues for preventing fractures in post-menopausal women and older men.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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