Vitamin D is basically a hormone. Vitamin D is produced in the skin when exposed to sunlight. This is also the reason why we speak of the sun hormone. Its chemical name is cholecalciferol.
Metaphorically speaking, vitamin D brings light into the cells. For vitamin D to work, it needs to be activated in two more steps.
The first activation step takes place in the liver. From vitamin D, the 25-hydroxy vitamin D is created. Continue reading
Modern science has extensive insights into biochemical processes in the human body.
But in my opinion, the findings are often not sufficiently and quickly enough recognized. Doctors only receive treatment guidelines after many years, if not even decades later. Teaching content at the universities usually lag behind many years of current research.
The fact that a certain receptor is more frequently found in more than 50% of breast cancer patients is long known. Continue reading
Vitamin D has extensive effects. Widespread assumption that vitamin D is a pure “bone vitamin” is still existent. This is far from true. Vitamin D is transformed into a bioactive form in the skin only after exposure to UV radiation. Bioactive vitamin D, which then again is Continue reading