Jawk Program | How to deal with vitamin D deficiency in the winter season

Arab Weather - Vitamin D is one of the essential vitamins in the human body, as it is included in the composition of every cell of the human body or in one of its functions,

Causes of vitamin D deficiency

There are many food sources that contain vitamin D, such as fish, dairy products, and leafy vegetables, and after eating vitamin D in its form in food, it is stored under the skin in the form of vitamin D2 , and for the body to benefit from it, it needs to convert it into the active form, which is vitamin D3 , This happens when exposing the skin to sunlight that converts vitamin D stored under the skin into its active form, so vitamin D is usually called the sun vitamin, but there are certain wavelengths in sunlight that make up active vitamin D, which is not available throughout the day, and it decreases. A lot during the winter season, so the incidence of vitamin D deficiency abounds during the winter season, and the development that took place in the method of examining and diagnosing a deficiency in vitamin D helped to reveal the true numbers of infected people.

Too much vitamin D.

Vitamin D is one of the fat-soluble vitamins, that is, the surplus of it is not excreted through the urine as it is with the vitamins dissolved in water, and therefore the excess of it poses harm to the body, so it is necessary to diagnose the deficiency before taking vitamin D supplements, and to be done Take appropriate doses.

The difference between the pharmacokinetic forms of vitamin D supplements

Vitamin D supplements come in several forms and concentrations, as they may be pills, capsules, or liquid drops, so that they differ in the way they are absorbed and continued in the body. The dietary supplement is taken with a fatty meal in order to obtain the highest benefit.

Additional information on the ideal time to be in the sun, the relationship of vitamin D and osteoporosis, and other useful advice from Dr Ahmed can be obtained via video