How do we get vitamin D.

Weather of Arabia - The human body needs many vitamins, which in turn plays an important role in maintaining the integrated body system, and vitamin D is one of the most important of these vitamins for the body.

So what is vitamin D?

It is one of the fat-soluble vitamins and it is one of the unique nutrients that can be obtained by exposure to the sun. For this reason, obtaining an adequate amount of sunlight is very important to maintain normal vitamin D levels in the blood.

Vitamin D functions

This vitamin performs many vital functions in the body as follows:

• Maintains calcium in the blood and helps maintain bone strength

• Helps improve cell function

• Helps form healthy bones

• This vitamin also plays an important role in preventing osteoporosis, cancer and depression and reduces diabetes.

• And it helps prevent obesity.

When is the best time to get vitamin D?

The best time to get vitamin D is when your skin is exposed to sunlight, and the cholesterol in the cells of adipose tissue beneath the skin turns into vitamin D due to the effect of ultraviolet radiation.

Getting vitamin D in the midday period from early morning until 11 am is the best time, and is safer than exposure to sunlight later in the day as exposure to sunlight after 11 am may increase your risk of skin cancer.

The foods that increase vitamin D in the body are:

• Salmon
• Cheese
• Mushroom
• yolk
• Tuna
• Sardines
• whale liver oil