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Vitamin D is used to treat other diseases in which calcium is not used properly by the body. It is fat soluble stored in your fat cells which is not excreted daily like many other essential nutrients building up to unhealthy levels. It is needed to keep a balance between calcium and phosphorus in the body by controlling how much is absorbed from foods. Taking them from bones when needed, Vitamin D is best known for its role in building bones and keeping them strong.

Vitamin D is manufactured in the skin after direct exposure to sunlight, exposing face or arms to direct sunlight for 15 minutes two or three times per week will help produce vitamin D. It is best absorbed when ingested with lipids incorporated into micelles and these will be absorbed by the intestine by passive diffusion. Vitamin D is a secosteroid hormone, the body regulates the production of all it needs, the use of supplements can be harmful, because they suppress the immune system for the body cannot fight disease and infection.

Vitamin D is found in food. It can also can be made in your body after exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun. There are several different forms of vitamin D involved in regulating cell growth and differentiation and in essential immune system functions. Scientists are exploring links between low vitamin D status and increased risk for a number of chronic diseases including some types of cancer, heart disease, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis.