Category: Nutrition

Vitamin D is a category of fat-soluble vitamins primarily recognized for its role in bone metabolism. Vitamin D is also involved in other metabolic activities, protein synthesis, and gene regulation. Also, several connections between vitamin D availability and chronic illnesses, and novel preventive strategies are concurrently developed, observing correlations between vitamin D levels and hypertension,…

Vitamin D dosage Calculate vitamin D dosage per day, according to the DGE What vitamin D dosage is recommended for an adult? The German Nutrition Society (DGE) and the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment recommend supplementation with 800 International Units (IU) if the supply of vitamin D from sun exposure is insufficient. This vitamin…

Vitamin D supplements Vitamin D is necessary above all for the regulation of calcium balance and is therefore important for bone formation, blood clotting and the immune system. What cannot be synthesized in the skin under UVB irradiation, the body must absorb with food. We explain what forms of vitamin D there are and how…

Vitamin D foods Consumption of vitamin D through foods is possible, but there are only a few foods that really have a significant amount of vitamin D. How much vitamin D is contained in food? Although vitamin D is called a vitamin, it is actually a messenger substance. Vitamin D is normally produced by the…

Vitamin D side effects No vitamin is discussed as much as vitamin D. Much helps much is a mistaken assumption, because too much of the vitamin has serious effects on the organism. Therefore, some points must be observed when taking vitamin D in order to avoid undesirable side effects. The good news is that side…

Vitamin D levels Experts refer to a vitamin D level below 20 micrograms per liter as vitamin D deficiency. Between 20 and 30 micrograms per liter also still represents too low a vitamin D level. When winter ends, more than half of Germans have a vitamin D deficiency of 20 micrograms per liter. The reason…

Vitamin D deficiency t has been known since about the 1990s that vitamin D occurrence extends to several organs and various tissues in humans. The essential function is the regulation and support of cell division in all areas of the body. Vitamin D occurrence and diseases in the organism The functions of the hormonal system…

Vitamin D benefits The functions and modes of action of vitamin D Cholecalciferol (vitamin D) is found in all non-plant eukaryotes, living organisms with a nucleus in their cells. Animals and humans possess it. Its designation as a vitamin leads to misunderstanding, since vitamin D exerts the action of a prohormone in the human body.…

While some people refuse to eat meat and poultry because they simply don’t like it, others reject animal products because they want to spare animals suffering.