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Vitamin D

Vitamins are substances that your body needs to grow and develop normally. Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium. Calcium is one of the main building blocks of bone. A lack of vitamin D can lead to bone diseases such as osteoporosis or rickets. Vitamin D also has a role in your nerve, muscle, and immune systems.

You can get vitamin D in three ways: through your skin, from your diet, and from supplements. Your body forms vitamin D naturally after exposure to sunlight. However, too much sun exposure can lead to skin aging and skin cancer. So many people try to get their vitamin D from other sources.

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  1. Vitamin D (National Library of Medicine)  
    Vitamins are substances that your body needs to grow and develop normally. Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium. Calcium is one of the main building blocks ...
  2. Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) is used as a dietary supplement when the amount of vitamin D in the diet is not ... such as Crohn's disease or celiac disease. Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) is also used along with calcium to prevent ...
  3. ... two different forms: D 2 (ergocalciferol) D 3 (cholecalciferol) Follow a diet that provides the proper amount ... adults 9 years and older One microgram of cholecalciferol (D 3 ) is the same as 40 IU ...
  4. ... 1 vitamin D (1,25- dihydroxyvitamin D3) receptor vitamin D3 receptor Tests of VDR PubMed VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; VDR NCBI Gene ClinVar Feldman D, ...
  5. Vitamin D (Harvard School of Public Health)  
    Vitamin D Deficiency/Learn More ... Vitamin D Deficiency ... Vitamin D/Start Here ... Vitamin D ... Harvard School of Public Health ... For most people, the best way to get enough ...
  6. ... is in a class of medications called synthetic vitamin D3 derivatives. It works by slowing the excessive production of skin cells.
  7. ... test, ergocalciferol test, calcidiol test, vitamin D2 test, vitamin D3 test What is it used for? A vitamin ... may include separate results for vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. These two types of vitamin D work about ...
  8. ... the way these tests are reported. 25 hydroxy vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is the vitamin D that your own body ... such as fatty fish or liver) or a cholecalciferol supplement. 25 hydroxy vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) is the ...
  9. Vitamin D and Cancer Prevention From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    Cancer/Related Issues ... Cancer ... Vitamin D/Statistics and Research ... Vitamin D ... National Cancer Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... A fact sheet summarizing ...
  10. Alerts and Advisories From the National Institutes of Health (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)  
    Dietary Supplements/Related Issues ... Dietary Supplements ... Herbal Medicine/Related Issues ... Herbal Medicine ... National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
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