Pharma Nord BioActive D-Pearls 1520 IU Vitamin D 80 Capsules

Pharma Nord BioActive D-Pearls 1520 IU Vitamin D 80 Capsules are small, soft gelatin capsules with 38 μg (1520 International Units) of vitamin D3 in each capsule. The vitamin D is dissolved in high quality cold-pressed olive oil to improve absorption in the digestive system as vitamin-D is a fat-soluble vitamin. The capsule size makes them easy to swallow, but they can also be chewed. Research has shown that D-Pearls have a high absorption in the body.

Pharma Nord's D-Pearls has been tested by researchers at the University of Oslo, where they gave athletes different doses of vitamin D from D-Pearls or inactive placebo capsules. The study showed that vitamin D from D-Pearls both high and low doses was absorbed well by the participants whereas the athletes who received placebo capsules had unchanged levels of vitamin D in the blood.

Product Features

• Small pearls with 38 µg (1520 IU) of vitamin D3 in cold pressed olive oil
• Ensures good bioavailability as vitamin D is fat soluble
• For bones, teeth and muscles
• Vitamin D plays a role for absorption of calcium
• Supports normal cell division
• Manufactured under Danish pharmaceutical control

What is Vitamin D?

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin. This implies that the vitamin need some fat in order to be absorbed in the intestine. Like other vitamins, vitamin D is essential. There are several kinds of vitamin-D, but the two most important forms are D2 and D3. Vitamin D2 Is only available from the diet. It is produced by certain fungi and plants when they are exposed to ultraviolet light. Science used to believe that both forms of vitamin D were equally effective in the body. However, depending on the measuring method used, vitamin D3 is 56-87 per cent more effective than vitamin D2 when it comes to raising blood levels of vitamin D. Moreover, D3 is stored in fat tissue more than three times as effectively as D2.

Sources of Vitamin D

There are two primary sources of vitamin D: Sunlight and Diet.

Vitamin D from the Sun

We form a precursor to vitamin D3 in the skin based on cholesterol when we get enough sunlight or equivalent UV radiation. This precursor must subsequently be converted (hydroxylated) in the liver and kidneys, respectively, to become active vitamin D.

Vitamin D from sunlight is an effective vitamin D source but is only produced when the sun is high in the sky. In large parts of Europe, this only happens during the summer period, and therefore we can only produce sufficient levels of the vitamin this time of year.

Rule of thumb

To form vitamin D from sunlight, the UV index must be at least 3 or higher. The UV index is used as a measure of the intensity of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. If you are in doubt about whether you can form vitamin D from the Sun, look at your shadow. If the length of your shadow has the same or shorter length than your height, then you can form vitamin D. If, on the other hand, the shade is longer than the height, vitamin D is not formed.