Vitamin D: The “sunshine” vitamin | ICWBvitamindcouncil.org
Vitamin D is a category of fat-soluble vitamins primarily recognized for its role in bone metabolism. Vitamin D is also involved in other metabolic activities, protein synthesis, and gene regulation. Also, several connections between vitamin D availability and chronic illnesses, and novel preventive strategies are concurrently developed, observing correlations between vitamin D levels and hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular and cancer illnesses.