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The Amazing Vitamin D
Don’t die from a vitamin D deficiency!
This website has shown you many areas of health and wellbeing in which vitamin D is involved. The most important thing to appreciate is that vitamin D is actually a hormone – and just like other hormones in the body, is crucial for normal functioning of all the organs and tissues of the body. It is not surprising then, that deficiencies can lead to multiple health challenges. It is very, very common to be deficient and not know it! Your take home messages are shown below:
Source: Mayo Clin Proc. 2013;88(7):720-755
The physiological pathway from sunlight and diet, to its impact at the nucleus of the cell where vitamin D influences the genetic expression of DNA to exert its biological functions
Source: Mayo Clini Proc. 2013;88(7):720-755
Source: Mayo Clinic Proc. July 2013 88(7):720-755
Vitamin D intakes recommended by the Institute of Medicine and The Endocrine Practice Guidelines Committee
Source : Mayo Clin Proc. 2013;88(7):720-755
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women and the general population in the world
Source: Mayo Clin Proc. 2013;88(7):720-755
Risk Factors for low vitamin D status
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