Veganism in a nutshell
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True, vitamin D is a hormone (not a vitamin) that is made by the human body, in the skin, when sunlight activates cholesterol to produce the vitamin D.
But there is also vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. These are from plants (D2) and animals (D3). Since plants function on minerals, not vitamins, D2 is a fake vitamin, which has a molecular structure similar to D3.
D3 comes from animals, because the sun does the same to them as to humans. So, they accumulate vitamin D in their bodies, which we call D3 to distinquish it from our own vitamin D (which, again, is a hormon and not a vitamin).
D3 is found in most or all animal foods, but is not as good as getting real D from the sun. Also, any food in the store that says it is "fortified vitamin D" (and vitamin A) is NOT real vitamin D3 (or D or D2, for that matter).
It is a chemical made from oil, which has a "molecular structure similar to vitamin D," and therefore, due to Big Agriculture having control of Congress and the USDA, have been able to claim is vitamin D for advertising purposes, without being prosecuted for fraud. But it IS fraud.
The pasteurization process kills A and D3, so they inject the product with these chemicals, and claim it has these nutrients, when in fact it does not.