Description
Vitamin D3 is a fat-soluble vitamin that exerts its effects by binding to receptors in the body known as Vitamin D Receptors (VDR’s). Essentially, every tissue and cell in the body has a VDR, including brain, heart, stomach, pancreas, skin and immune cells. One of Vitamin D’s most well known functions is promoting calcium absorption in the gut and helping maintain the proper calcium and phosphate concentrations needed for bone mineralization. Vitamin D can also help depression in sunlight-deprived individuals.