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Sunlight does not help us to make calcium, but it does help us to make vitamin D, which we need to use the calcium that we have; the two work together. When sunlight shines on our skin, we can use that energy to drive a photosynthetic reaction, which is not unlike the way green plants use sunlight to manufacture sugar.
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What in the sun can transform skin cells to help the body absorb calcium and prevent rickets?
vitamin D
What elements help make bones strong?
Bones are strong because of calcium. This is a mineral that is very hard and forms the framework of all bones. Vitamin D helps the body to form bone from calcium. Humans find vitamin D in lots of things, like the sun, milk and other food.
Can you get protein from the sun?
No. Sunlight can help your body make vitamin D but you can only get protein from food.
What makes a bone white?
The calcium, and often being bleached by chemicals or the sun when not in the body
Why vitamin d is the essential component of the body?
without vitamin D, your body can not create calcium for your bones. in the winter you must have at least 10 min. of sun light so your body can make the required calcium. vit. D can also be stored for later use.
What is something good the sun does for your body?
It causes your skin to form vitamin D3 which aids in the absorption of calcium and phosphorus.
The in the sun can transform skin cells into helping the body absorb calcium and prevent rickets?
ultraviolet, vitamin D
What vitamin do you absorb through your skin from the sun?
The skin uses the sun to produce vitamin D. It is not literally absorbed through the skin from the sun, rather vitamin D is produced by the body under the skin in reaction to sunlight. Vitamin D is necessary to keep bones and teeth healthy as it helps to regulate the amounts of phosphate and calcium in the body.
What is bad about being in the sun?
A bit can be good for you, it will help your body make a few essential vitamins. But too much (particularly getting sun burned) will make the skin age faster and increases the risk of you developing skin cancer.
How do you prevent sun poisoning?
to make cover with body
Do UV rays help body produce vitamin d?
Daily exercise will assist with the production of vitamin D, but in order to get it more proficiently, your skin will absorb the Sun's rays. Now this can be good, but also be bad. For instance, you could develop skin cancer.
What vitimans do you get from the sun?
You don't get any vitamins from the sun, but the uv light from the sun helps the body to make vitamin D.
