On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, matesz wrote:

> *Vitamin D precursors require cholesterol for conversion into the
> hormone-vitmamin. [vitamin D is technically a hormone]. Without adequate sun
> exposure, vitamin D precursors turn to cholesterol instead of the vitamin.

Wouldn't this imply that vitamin D supplementation would tend to
increase cholesterol, by reducing the demand for conversion of
these precursors into vitamin D?  I.e., The more vitamin D you
ingest, the less your body needs to make.

Todd Moody
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