Shawdesh Desk:

Vitamin D play a big role in our overall health. Not only it plays an important role in absorption of calcium and improving bone health, tissue health, colon health but also takes care of immunity, Hindustan Times reported.

It can put us at an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) as well as high blood pressure and obesity.

A recent study found out that after using Vitamin D supplementation for 6 weeks, WT, WC, and body mass index (BMI) were decreased in people significantly and serum Vit D increased significantly.

How we get Vitamin D from sunshine

” Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that our body produces from cholesterol when our skin is exposed to the UVB rays of the sun,” says Ridhima Batra, Clinical Dietitian, Certified Diabetic Educator, Specialist Sports Nutritionist and founder of Nutrition Defined.

People who don’t have access to proper sunlight, older people or people with darker skin tones face difficulty in meeting Vitamin D levels because of high melanin (a compound that protects against skin damage) as this reduces the amount of UVB light absorbed in the skin. Overweight and obese people also need more Vitamin D depending on their body size.

How to get Vitamin D from foods or supplements

Foods that one should include for Vitamin D are fatty fish, seaweeds, algae, egg yolk, mushrooms, cod liver oil, spirulina and fortified foods like milk, tofu, yoghurt, orange juice, cheese etc.

For oral supplementation, it’s absolutely safe to take 1000 IU per day. However, do check with your doctor or dietitian on the proper dosage and duration as an excess amount of vitamin D in the body can also lead to toxicity.

How Vitamin D can lose weight

As per studies, vitamin D can potentially reduce the formation of new fat cells in the body and can also suppress the storage of fat cells effectively reducing fat accumulation.