7 Health Benefits of Vitamin D

Vitamin D is often called the “sunshine vitamin,” mostly because we get it naturally when the sun’s UV rays interact with our skin, which triggers the vitamin’s synthesis. The vitamin helps our body’s absorption of calcium to keep our bones strong and encourage healthy cells to grow.

Last year, researchers demonstrated the protective effects of vitamin D in a mouse model of pulmonary fibrosis induced by the chemotherapeutic drug bleomycin.

Here are a few more health benefits of this versatile vitamin, according to healthline.com:

1. Fighting Depression

Studies have found that people with depression are often deficient in vitamin D and that depression gets better after taking a vitamin D supplement.

Learn more about the most common symptoms of vitamin D deficiency.

2. Fighting Disease

Recent studies indicate that vitamin D can reduce the risk of major diseases such as multiple sclerosis, heart disease, influenza, diabetes, and many more.

Learn more about some of the benefits of vitamin D and ways to detect vitamin D deficiency.

3. Help with Weight Loss

According to research, vitamin D and calcium supplements can aid in weight loss. Research subjects who took the supplements reported more weight loss than subjects who took placebos.

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4. Genes

It is believed that vitamin D affects over 2,000 genes in the body—which could help protect against cancers.

Learn more about the protective effects of vitamin D in pulmonary fibrosis here.

5. Muscle Strength

It’s well known that vitamin D helps to keep bones and teeth strong, but now we know that muscle strength can also be affected by this nutrient.

Learn more about the most common symptoms of vitamin D deficiency.

6. Healthy Pregnancy

Taking a vitamin D supplement while pregnant could help to reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia for the mom, and rickets in the child.

Learn more about some of the benefits of vitamin D and ways to detect vitamin D deficiency.

7. Help the treatment of Fibrosis

Vitamin D, often found at low levels in pulmonary fibrosis patients, has been shown to regulate the fibrotic process and be a useful agent in the treatment of fibrosis in different body parts, such as the bones, kidney and liver.

Learn more about the protective effects of vitamin D in pulmonary fibrosis here.

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