Vitamin D - Postscript

Vitamin D is not a vitamin, and it does not act as a vitamin in our bodies.  

Vitamin D is really a hormone, made inside our bodies, without any help from the sun.

It must be metabolized by our bodies to become a more hormonlly-active form within our liver and kidney.

Once metabolized in this way, vitamin D can then provide its most important function:  to aid in the intestinal absorption of calcium.

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Comments

[vacations]

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[heidi alexander]

Thanks Fern! This was great information-very important to know and be aware of.