Vitamin D function and health benefits

This time I will be covering Vitamin D function, but this is a fat-soluble vitamin that works at the cellular level. This vitamin is produced from cholesterol in the skin when it is exposed to Ultraviolet B Rays (UVB) from the sun or tanning beds. The active form of the vitamin is not really a vitamin, but a steroid hormone, which flows freely into the nucleus of cells to modulate gene expression.

There are two main forms of dietary Vitamin D, those are D2 (ergocalciferol) and D3 (cholecalciferol). D2 is mainly produced by plants,

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What is a healthy diet plan?

This will be my formal eating healthy guide, with current information on what is a healthy diet plan. The advice pinpointed here applies to the average, healthy, non-diabetic person. If you are overweight, diabetic, or suffer from any other medical condition, then some of this may not apply to you. If you are an elite athlete, then this will probably not apply to you either.

I believe optimal nutrition varies between people, by activity level, current health status, body type and perhaps even by ethnicity.

If I happen to learn

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Wondering how many calories burned during all sorts of things?

If so, then I've just created a new website where you can do just that.

I list all kinds of activities, including walking, running, swimming, yoga and jogging. Check out the many calories burned site for more details.

Swimming workouts to burn swimming calories

I just wanted to let you guys know about my new squidoo lens, it is about how to do swim workouts to burn calories.

It is pretty good, check the swim workouts lens out and let me know what you think.

Interval Workouts

I've put up a new post on interval workouts, which I think are a superior form of cardio.



This is the link to interval workouts

Squidoo pages that I've made

I've made a couple squidoo pages now to supplement my other sites:

One with instructional videos for Vitamin D: Vitamin D Videos

And one with lots of good looking crossfit girls: Crossfit Girls

Check them out if you like viewing squidoo pages.

Paleo diet resource website for the paleolithic diet and caveman diet

If you happen to stumble upon this page, I would like to point you to my paleo resource site, paleogateway:

Paleo diet - The front page, dedicated to the paleo diet, paleolithic diet and caveman diet.

Paleo blog - A list of paleo blogs.

Paleo forum - A list of paleo forums, with links to the caveman forum and raw paleo forum.

Paleo recipes and low-carb recipes - Find a perfect paleo recipe or low-carb recipe there with the outstanding recipe search engine.

A diet and exercise blog by a medical student: Kiddi