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insufficient exposed to sunlight causes deficiency of vitamin D in human explain why

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The sun’s energy turns a chemical in our skin into vitamin D3, which is carried to our liver and then our kidneys to transform it to active vitamin D. Therefore, insufficient exposure to sunlight causes deficiency of Vitamin D.

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