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Vitamin D and Blood Glucose Homeostasis

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone, classified as a vitamin. As well as dietary sources of vitamin D, humans can synthesise vitamin D in the skin through the action of ultraviolet light acting on cholesterol. The biologically accepted marker for … Continue reading

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