Assertion: vitamin d | /r/AtLocation | the skin
Facets:
value: predominantly
type: DEGREE
value: in the presence of sunlight
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Vitamin D is made in the skin when exposed to sunlight, or you can get it from the foods you eat.
text: However, SACN couldn't make any recommendations about how much sunlight people would need to get enough vitamin D because there are a number of factors that can affect how much vitamin D is produced in the skin.
text: When is vitamin D made in skin?
text: Vitamin D is known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’ because it’s predominantly produced on the skin in the presence of sunlight.
text: One possible explanation is that even though you are wearing sunscreen, staying in the sun for a longer period of time may cause enough vitamin D to be made in the skin.
text: It is made in the skin, gets into your bloodstream and then goes into the liver and the kidney where it becomes activated as a key steroid hormone called Calcitriol.
text: Much of the vitamin D produced in the skin or ingested is distributed in fat tissue,” she says.