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Nutrition And Dietetics (English)








 Vitamin D deficiency may be the cause of your unhappiness!


We say goodbye to sunny days, as days pass. The sun's rays, which are the biggest source of vitamin D, help protect people from depression. Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayse Huri Ozkarabulut stated that vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of many diseases.


Vitamin D taken with food constitutes 10% of the total vitamin D in the body. Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayse Huri Ozkarabulut from Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Health Sciences Faculty Nutrition and Dietetics Department remarked the following: Egg yolk, beef liver and fish oil are the best-known sources of vitamin D.  90% of the vitamin D in the body is synthesized in the skin under the effect of sunlight.

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