This Nutrient / Vitamin / Hormone… has long been touted for its role in maintaining calcium balance and supporting bone health…
But, over the last two decades research has displayed that this isn’t entirely true…..
It does MUCH MORE!
This, in part, was thanks to the discovery that the Vitamin D receptor (VDR) and the Vitamin D activating enzyme are expressed in several cells outside the bone and kidney, such as in the intestine, platelets, pancreas, and Immune System.
Reveling insights into how It plays critical roles in other physiological processes, such as blood pressure regulation, cellular growth and immune system function…. With close ties to common 21st century conditions such as chronic inflammation & autoimmunity.
And at this point, it seems like a day doesn’t go by where we don’t learn another tid-bit on how it’s tentacles of wisdom, influence other key cellular or metabolic function…
But just how far do those tentacles reach….
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