{"id":863,"date":"2017-09-21T15:47:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T13:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/?p=863"},"modified":"2019-02-06T08:23:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T07:23:30","slug":"what-is-vitamin-d-sunlight-vitamin-dvitamin-d-is-a-collective-name-for-a-fat-soluble-hormone-like-substance-that-we-absorb-through-our-food-or-that-is-made-by-exposure-to-sunlight-the-ultraviolet-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/en\/vitamin-d\/what-is-vitamin-d-sunlight-vitamin-dvitamin-d-is-a-collective-name-for-a-fat-soluble-hormone-like-substance-that-we-absorb-through-our-food-or-that-is-made-by-exposure-to-sunlight-the-ultraviolet-l\/","title":{"rendered":"What is vitamin D? The role of cholesterol and the sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>What is vitamin D? The role of cholesterol and the sun<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/zonlicht-vitamine-d-1-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Sunlight vitamin D and cholesterol\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/zonlicht-vitamine-d-1-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/zonlicht-vitamine-d-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/zonlicht-vitamine-d-1-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/zonlicht-vitamine-d-1-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/zonlicht-vitamine-d-1-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/zonlicht-vitamine-d-1-800x571.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/zonlicht-vitamine-d-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/zonlicht-vitamine-d-1-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Vitamin D is a collective name for a fat-soluble hormone-like substance that we absorb through our food or that is made by exposure to sunlight. The ultraviolet light contained in sunlight converts the cholesterol in our skin into active vitamin D, aided in this task by the liver and kidneys. Our bodies can also create vitamin D through our cells. We also absorb vitamin D through food or supplements in plant, chemical or animal form. Vitamin D is also available to us as a bioactive ergocalciferol or calciferol (plant-derived vit. D2) or cholecalciferol (animal- or often chemical-derived vit. D3).<\/p>\n<p>The amount of Vitamin D is expressed in micrograms of ergocalciferol for vitamin D2 (plant-derived) or micrograms of cholecalciferol for vitamin D3 (animal-derived). 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