THE ROLE OF VITAMIN D AND GUT HEALTH BY DONNA MAZZOLA, PHARMD, MS
You are likely familiar with vitamin D
converts it into a hormone. Vitamin
and its association with your skin as
D is converted at the liver and kidney
well as bone health. All those ads
into the hormone 1,25-dihydroxy
about calcium + vitamin D haven’t
vitamin D3. There are vitamin D
left our thoughts! However, there is
receptors that this hormone binds to
so much more to vitamin D than
in both immune cells and skeletal
bone health.
muscle cells. For this reason, it plays a critical role in maintaining optimal
Vitamin D is considered to be a
health measures and minimizing
prohormone. This means that your
many chronic illnesses.
body takes this vitamin and actually WOMANBEEWELL
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