00:00We call it vitamin, and therefore we consider it a good and useful substance that in our
00:21body comes from the outside.
00:23In reality, however, vitamin D is something different.
00:28For 80% of our needs, it is our body that produces vitamin D thanks to the sun's exposure.
00:36Once produced and put in circulation, vitamin D will then perform its functions on various
00:43organs at a distance, to the same extent as a hormone.
00:47So, the first rule to prevent any vitamin D deficit is the sun's exposure,
00:55even only on the face, arms and legs, perhaps during physical exercise.
00:59An exposure of 20-30 minutes between 9 and 15 in the afternoon will be sufficient.
01:07It should be remembered, however, that vitamin D can be taken through foods that contain it,
01:13as it should be noted that there are some pathological conditions, such as
01:19renal failure, liver failure or, above all, gastrointestinal malabsorption syndrome,
01:26in which a vitamin D deficit can be verified, which will therefore be supplemented.
01:32But also the control of weight, thanks to the adoption of controlled dietary regimes
01:38and suitable lifestyles, can play an important role in determining the right concentrations
01:43of vitamin D.
01:44In overweight or obesity, for example, vitamin D tends to accumulate in the adipose tissue,
01:51which will prevent its conversion into the biologically active form,
01:55so that, by contrasting overweight, the accumulation will be avoided.
01:59The most commonly usable form of vitamin D is certainly represented by vitamin D3
02:05or calciferol.
02:07I remind you that 40 international units of calciferol correspond to about 1 microgram
02:13of vitamin D, and I add that in an adult subject, the recommended daily dose of vitamin D
02:20must oscillate between 15 and 50 micrograms, that is, between 600 and 2,000 international units
02:29of calciferol.
02:31It should be said, however, that a supplementation with high doses of vitamin D
02:37is particularly useful and effective in improving some pathological conditions,
02:43such as type 2 diabetes or myopathies, that is, pathologies related to the muscular district.
02:51Among other things, a series of scientific studies, also particularly accredited,
02:56inform us that hematic concentrations of vitamin D higher than 60 nanograms per milliliter
03:04would be able to carry out a good preventive action against some tumors,
03:09especially in the colon and the breast, and would also be able to carry out an effective
03:15action of support in some autoimmune diseases, such as juvenile myelitis,
03:22the first type, or multiple sclerosis, or vitiligo, or Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
03:29Information taken from scientific literature informs us of a progressive increase in prevalence
03:34and incidence, also in our latitudes, of vitamin D deficit, which is making
03:40the characters of a real pandemic take on this condition.
03:45However, it is the case of underlining the existence of subjects more particularly at risk,
03:50for whom it will be advisable to monitor hematic levels.
03:54Certainly, people over the age of 60 are at risk for vitamin D hypovitaminosis,
04:01people in whom a reduced efficiency of the cutaneous synthesis processes of vitamin D is observed,
04:08and then because they are people who, compared to younger people,
04:12expose themselves less to sunlight.
04:15Another category of people at risk for vitamin D deficit are women on menopause,
04:22women in whom hormonal alterations associated with this phase of life
04:27can increase the risk of osteoporosis.
04:30Further people at risk are those who have a dark pigmentation of the skin,
04:36and I still remember that vitamin D is particularly important during pregnancy and breastfeeding,
04:44in which the hematic concentration of vitamin D should be always greater than 40 ng per ml
04:54to guarantee the health of the mother and the fetus.
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