How do our bodies convert sunlight into actual vitamins?

Question

Is this an exaggeration or can I really become ‘healthier’ by standing outside in the sun??

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You don’t absorb Vitamin D from sunlight. However, by absorbing sunlight through our skin, we are able to synthesize Vitamin D using materials already in our body. Humans are about the only animal on Earth that can’t synthesize Vitamin D ourselves without sunlight.