https://padlet.com/c_eichelberger/18x276hfyzrx Made with fortitude en-us 2016-09-08 13:07:57 UTC 2025-10-11 17:04:07 UTC hello@padlet.com ben113 https://padlet.com/c_eichelberger/18x276hfyzrx/wish/122634185 Vitamin D plays a huge part in regulation for calcium in the body and it helps maintain healthy bones. If you are Vitamin D deficient you can experience depression, muscles weakness, and bone pain.]]> 2016-09-09 02:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/c_eichelberger/18x276hfyzrx/wish/122634185 ben113 https://padlet.com/c_eichelberger/18x276hfyzrx/wish/122634507 For people closer to the equator, they produce more melanin which changes the skin to be darker over time and protect from the sun and its rays. People further from the equator experience less of this exposure which results in no color change in the skin.]]> 2016-09-09 02:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/c_eichelberger/18x276hfyzrx/wish/122634507 c_eichelberger https://padlet.com/c_eichelberger/18x276hfyzrx/wish/122636125 Vitamin D is synthesized in the body by the skin cells that contain a molecule in which when it comes in contact with UV light it converts to vitamin D. From there the vitamin D heads through your blood stream to your liver and kidneys where it becomes activated, called calcitriol, and it is circulated to all your bones.]]> 2016-09-09 02:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/c_eichelberger/18x276hfyzrx/wish/122636125 c_eichelberger https://padlet.com/c_eichelberger/18x276hfyzrx/wish/122636700 There is a correlation with skin cancer and the amount of melanin in the skin. The correlation is due to the fact that the more melanin you have the more protected you are from the sun, but melanin is also pigment and relates to the color of your skin, so the darker you are the more protected. For instance, if you have lighter skin and you don't wear sunscreen you are more likely to get skin cancer than someone who has darker skin and doesn't wear sunscreen due to the fact that the melanin protects them more since they have more melanin. ]]> 2016-09-09 03:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/c_eichelberger/18x276hfyzrx/wish/122636700 c_eichelberger https://padlet.com/c_eichelberger/18x276hfyzrx/wish/122637219 Yes there is a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and amount of melanin in your skin because the more melanin you have the more protection you get from UV light and to have more melanin means you have to have darker pigment. So this means that darker people to be more in the sun to get a healthy amount of vitamin D than lighter people because the vitamin D is able to be absorbed better due to the lack of protection from UV light. So if you don't go out in the sun enough and you have darker skin you could have a vitamin D deficiency.]]> 2016-09-09 03:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/c_eichelberger/18x276hfyzrx/wish/122637219