Sitting under the warmth of the sun oftentimes just feels great.
I’m sure you’ve heard that we get our vitamin D from doing this
as well. However, do you know exactly how the process works?
When it comes to furred mammals, they don’t get their vitamin D
the same way we do, but you’ll find out how it’s done shortly!
First I’ll explain the importance of vitamin D, then mention how
it’s formed for us humans, and then finally, how it relates to
our furry friends. What’s the importance of vitamin D3? Vitamin
D3 isn’t really a vitamin. It’s actually more like a hormone.
The importance of it is that it helps regulate your mineral
metabolism and subsequently maintains the calcium balance in
your bones. It is thought that this vitamin plays a role in
affecting the expression of over 200 genes. How do humans create
vitamin D3? The oil that naturally comes from our skin is a type
of cholesterol. Whenever we stand under direct sunlight, the
ultraviolet rays react with this oil. The ultraviolet radiation
breaks some chemi