Vitamin D synthesis after resection

[nogutsnoglory]

I have been battling low levels of vitamin D for a while but have been successfully increasing that level over the past few months.

I know sunlight is the best way to produce D3, 10-15 min exposure without sun screen. Im thinking it wouldn't matter how much resection you have had because direct sunlight bypasses the gut right? Am I right that it doesn't matter how much has been resected for this vitamin or does the sunlight have some mechanism for absorbing in the gut?

 

[vonfunk]

It shouldn't be an issue. Vitamin D is synthesised in the skin and carried via blood stream to the liver for processing. It completely bypasses the GI tract.

 

[nogutsnoglory]

That's what I was thinking/hoping thanks!