that melanin converts sunlight into vitamin D?
I read this in a wholistic health book. I suppose after all it is a pigment and pigments do something similar in plants (assist in converting light to food). I came to this because I can't drink whole milk and I was looking for a better source of Vitamin D. And low and behold the book says sunlight! True?
2006-07-22 17:34:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
http://sunlightandvitamind.com/
2006-07-22 17:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It helps convert Calcium into Vitamin D I believe. You can always get supplements if you can't drink milk. Try these books:
The Maker's Diet by Jordan S. Rubin
any book by Dr. Don Colbert
Natural Cures THEY Don't Want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau.
2006-07-22 17:39:17 · answer #2 · answered by The Apple Chick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that is found in food and can also be made in your body after exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. Sunshine is a significant source of vitamin D because UV rays from sunlight trigger vitamin D synthesis in the skin
2006-07-22 17:39:41 · answer #3 · answered by lil ole me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Melanin is a dark pigment in hair, skin and iris of the eyes.
2006-07-22 17:39:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup sunlight gives you vitaman D
2006-07-22 17:38:30 · answer #5 · answered by XFactor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋