I wonder if there are any studies on whether sun obtained ‘D’ is as efficacious as pill form? I’m out in the sun all the time and dislike taking supplements if I can obtain through diet or more natural means...
“According to Yale Medicine, vitamin D derived from sunlight is no better than the Vitamin D we get from supplements. They are functionally the same and can both boost vitamin D levels to a healthy range.”
Sun exposure is obviously better.
It puts vitamin d in more parts of the body so that it lasts longer.
It creates vitamin d sulfate.
It’s less likely to cause excess vitamin d.
It reduces excess retinol.
The heat is like an exercise for the body.
You sweat and excrete toxins.
If you have an optimal potassium and calcium level when you are in the sun, your skin is stronger.
Significant factors are location (latitude), time of year (angle of sun relative to Earth), amount of skin exposed, and age (skin has less ability to absorb/convert sunlight to D as you age).
As a "skin cancer survivor" with scars all over my bald head, I hope you are liberal with SPF50.