Vitamin A is required for night
vision, and for a healthy
skin. It assists the
immune system, and because of its
antioxidant properties is great to protect against pollution and cancer formation and other diseases. It also assists your sense of taste as well as helping the
digestive and urinary tract and many believe that it helps slow
aging. It is required for development and maintenance of the epithelial cells, in the mucus membranes, and your
skin, and is important in the formation of bone and teeth, storage of fat and the synthesis of protein and glycogen.
Vitamin D helps with increasing the absorption of calcium, assists in bone growth and the integrity of bone and promotes strong teeth. It also helps regulate the amount of phosphorus in the body as well as assisting in a healthy heart and nervous system. In some recent studies it has also shown great promise in assisting psoriasis, the immune system, thyroid function as well as normal blood clotting.Vitamin D is also referred to as calciferol and can rightly be called the sunshine vitamin, since the body, in a sunny climate can manufacture this nutrient from sunshine on your skin using cholesterol from your body to do so.
