The role and importance of vitamin D3 for the human body
When it comes to the support that vitamin D provides to the immune system, we can now be quite sure that you will never stop remembering its benefits: how effectively it helps to avoid infections or cure them as quickly as possible. While you may never forget this, we must admit that we haven't talked much about other, more broad-based effects lately – effects you can count on at any time, regardless of the season. Now we're making up for it by reading our quick summary below and learning about these many beneficial effects.
Environmental damage and poor lifestyle choices can stress cells and weaken their immunity in the long run. Chronic latent inflammation can then cause a range of health problems from all kinds of metabolic disorders, including impaired sugar metabolism and blood vessel damage, to nervous system problems, to potentially more serious conditions including mental imbalance. Unfortunately, the immune system can turn against its own cells and can even cause cell degeneration.
Now you're probably wondering what this actually has to do with vitamin D. Well, as studies have shown, low vitamin D levels correlate with higher markers of inflammation. Vitamin D can act as an immune modulator and direct our immune system in the right direction. In this way, the immune system can effectively fight low-grade inflammation, as above, which can affect the entire body.
Vitamin D may be able to reduce the risk of developing various autoimmune diseases (including, for example, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis), as well as various forms of cancer. Apart from this, it can also help prevent diabetes, depression and even heart attack. It has a beneficial effect on conditions such as insulin resistance (IR), hypertension, atherosclerosis and age-related mental retardation, and can also be used to strengthen bones and muscles and prevent osteoporosis.
