What Do You Know About Sunscreen Vitamin D and Calcium?
When the sun’s UV light hits your skin, fatty acids or cholesterol in your skin create vitamin D and Inositol triphosphate, INSP-3. In 5 to 10 minute skin exposure to the sun, 20,000 units of vitamin D are created. This vitamin D finds it way into your intestinal wall where it assists calcium to move through its walls and into your blood stream. No matter how much calcium food you eat or calcium supplements you take, your will not absorb the calcium your body needs without a large supply of vitamin D.
Inositol triphosphate is also created when the sun creates vitamin D. Inositol triphosphate then finds its way into every body cell. Its function is to release calcium that is stored in your cells when your body is deficient in calcium. When you don’t have enough calcium in your blood and in and around your cell liquid, inositol triphosphate