Skin Care Decoded!

There are many importance and benefits of Vitamin D for skin care that many do not know. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin and a powerful antioxidant that helps to prevent skin pigmentation. Vitamin D exists in several forms and one of the more active one is the Calciferol (or better known as vitamin D3) which once consumed, the liver and kidney will act on the vitamin and convert to its active form.

Some of the foods that commonly can find vitamin D are such as milk, cod liver oil, oily fish (salmon, mackerel) and egg yolks

The main benefit of vitamin D is that it is widely used as a treatment for psoriasis. This vitamin is used to encourage the growth of skin cell and its metabolism. The biggest advantage that vitamin D has over steroid types of creams in treating psoriasis is it has a few side effects. Apart from that, vitamin D also acts to fight against premature anti aging.

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