vitamin D

Deficiency of vitamin D

Statistics are disappointing: at least one-third of adults experience signs of vitamin D deficiency. The main reason? Lack of sunlight.
What is vitamin D?
 Technically, it is not a vitamin as such; rather, it can be called a hormone, which is synthesized from cholesterol. Vitamin D has a specific receptor that can control immunoregulatory genes, cancer genes, anti-inflammatory genes and even genes associated with blood pressure. To produce vitamin D in the skin requires a solar ultraviolet, so in the winter season, its level drops sharply. What are the main signs of his catastrophic shortage in the body?

       
vitamin D

1.Depression

The presence of suicidal thoughts and depression is influenced by the environment, psychological health, and genetic factors. However, scientists found that about 58% of suicides lacked vitamin D. With an increase in the level of this vitamin, patients with diagnosed depression began to feel much better.

     

2. High blood pressure


Kidneys are able to convert inactive vitamin D into its active forms and use it locally to help regulate blood pressure. A number of studies have shown that increasing the level of vitamin D significantly helps reduce blood pressure in adults.


3. Poor functioning of the immune system

Vitamin D is responsible for fighting inflammatory immune cells. When his body is not enough, the immune system cannot cope with his duties and fails. As a result, you suffer from persistent diseases.

4. Osteoporosis or rickets in children
The lack of vitamin D immediately leads to problems with bones, which is especially dangerous for children whose body grows and develops. Twisted legs or weak and soft bones are a symptom of rickets and a direct result of a deficiency of this vitamin.

5. Diabetes or insulin resistance
Vitamin D is associated with the autoimmune development of type 1 diabetes, and also with type 2 diabetes. It plays a vital role in the production of insulin, which is necessary for the body to function properly.

6. High cholesterol or high triglycerides
Studies show that the presence of a metabolic syndrome (metabolic disorder), as well as hyperlipidemia (increased blood lipid levels), are associated with a general decrease in the level of vitamin D in the body.

7. You have a low level of HDL ("healthy" cholesterol).
Reduction of "healthy" cholesterol in the blood is also associated with vitamin D deficiency. And such a state is fraught with the appearance of a mass of diseases, including problems with the heart and blood vessels

 Vitamin D3
The increased need of the female body in vitamins is associated with the characteristics of physiology. The loss of blood during menstruation, the stresses that women are given more difficulty than men, are associated with high consumption of vitamins and nutrients. Many times their consumption is increased during pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding. One of the "vitamins of women's health" is vitamin d3, without which the bones become weaker, the skin ages faster, the menstrual cycle is broken. The nature of the loads on the body varies in different periods of life, which also affects the need for this substance.

Vitamin D foods
Vitamin D is very rare in our usual products: fruits, vegetables, cereals, bread. The main sources of vitamin Draw egg yolk, dairy products, cheese (cottage cheese), butter, fish liver, sea products. In the greatest amount of vitamin D is found in the liver of cod and halibut, herring, mackerel, tuna, mackerel. However, the sun is considered to be the richest source of it, but only in combination with pure air, when the morning ultraviolet rays are active. It is necessary to remember the moderation of solar procedures and does not forget to saturate the body with special minerals and vitamins (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, vitamins A, C, E), since the sun's rays, with prolonged action, can have a carcinogenic effect. Once again I remind! Young people during growth and ripening experience signs of vitamin D deficiency, and this negatively affects the development of the entire body, especially the nervous system.
Vitamin D table
Sources of vitamin D. Vitamin D in foods
Products |           The content of vitamin D,
                                             ME / 100 g
Herring                                 294 - 1676
Sour cream                                  50
Salmon (canned)                    200 - 800
Beef liver                                   45
Pork liver                                   44
Liver of poultry                         55
Mackerel                                 304 - 405
Butter                                     10 - 150