The intake of vitamin D is necessary for adequate serum calcium and phosphate concentrations, the sufficiency of these helps to maintain the normal mineralization of bones. The Vitamin D can be achieved by taking foods like meat, fish, eggs and mushrooms and also it is found in sunlight. When the Vitamin D reaches in our body it goes first to liver where it is converted into prohormne calcidiol and primarily in kidneys after mixing there it is converted into calcitriol, here the Vitamin D is full prepared for acting. The calcitriol acts as fighter against other microbial germs, viruses, bacteria and fungi by making stronger your immune system.
How do you know that how much do you take IU of vitamin D in food? First of all you need to understand the vitamin D IU. The IU is an international unit which is used for taking Vitamin D content of a food and is measured in micrograms of cholecalciferol. The vitamin D IU can be converted in micrograms by multiplying the 0.025, the result will in micrograms in the food. For example 1 microgram of vitamin D is equal to 40 IU and if we again multiply 40 IU by 0.025 it will be 1 microgram.
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If we talk about the intake of vitamin D IU per day it can be categorized according to the age only, and excepting the concern of gender, weight and pregnancy. The following intake levels of vitamin D IU synthesis is without exposure to sunlight and these intake levels are taken from recommendation of different standard Food and Nutrition Boards. Averagely, from birth to 50 years of age you need to take 200 IU of vitamin D, from age of 51 to 70 years you need 400 IU of vitamin D and more than 70 years age you need 600 IU of vitamin D. The foods you use to overcome the need of IU of vitamin D include flesh of different fish such as salmon, tuna, mackerel, etc. The egg provides 20 IU. Fish liver oil provides 1300 IU and mushrooms provide 50 IU to 500 IU.
Other than foods, you can fulfill the need of vitamin D IU is, through exposure to sunlight where the ultraviolet radiation penetrates uncovered skin here vitamin D forms D3. The clouds reduces the ultraviolet radiation by 50 percent and also the effect of this radiation dies when it passes through the glasses of windows or doors. The short or deficiency of Vitamin D in your body may result in different diseases such as Influenza, cancer and cardiovascular disease and can affect our immune system.
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