Herbal Supplements Reviews » natural foods http://www.deweysflatironnyc.com The Complete Herbal Supplements Reviews by Health Experts Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:19:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Vitamin D http://www.deweysflatironnyc.com/vitamin-d.htm http://www.deweysflatironnyc.com/vitamin-d.htm#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:16:39 +0000 Adin http://www.deweysflatironnyc.com/?p=117 Vitamin DSince the Middle Ages has been used cod liver oil as a remedy for rickets, but only until the First World War must be the cause of the disease and provided the scientific basis for its cure. There are two predominant forms of vitamin D:

Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) derived from plants and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) produced exclusively in the body of a bird

In all birds studied, vitamin D3 is 30 to 40 times more potent than vitamin D2.

Unlike other vitamins, vitamin D3 can be synthesized in the body skin level. Studies showed that chickens could synthesize enough vitamin to prevent rickets and maximize growth when young chicks were exposed to direct sunlight (not filtered through glass) during a time of 11 to 45 minutes each day.

The most important role of vitamin D is to intervene in the balance of calcium and phosphorus in the body.

Sources:

Most natural foods contain little or no amount of vitamin D which is preformed in the diet comes mainly from fish liver oils from natural sources or irradiated. In the butter and egg yolk is in small quantities.

Functions:

His administration is useful in birds with impaired growth (stunting) malnutrition, young or old birds, breeding females or individuals that receive little sunlight.

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