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- bixby1, on 02/03/2009, -2/+40I dugg this for the photo. Yeah, both of 'em. K, now I'm going to go read the article.
- dysfunction208, on 02/03/2009, -1/+32If you don't have enough vitamin D you have been playing to much WOW.
- d2002, on 02/03/2009, -4/+34Those girls look healthy to me.
- anenokoji, on 02/03/2009, -2/+2990% of your bodies vitamin D comes your skin's reaction to UV light. Regardless of how much vitamin D you consume, your body will only use ~10% of what it needs via your diet. It means, go out and get some sun.
- digggggggggg, on 02/03/2009, -1/+18I think it's ridiculous how many people intentionally avoid any sun exposure at all because of the fear of skin cancer. If you're a person without any existing skin conditions, a few minutes under the sun each day won't kill you. Our bodies already have a protective mechanism against the uv rays - that's why our skin tans.
- designingartist, on 02/03/2009, -2/+18An increasing number of sun-avoiding adults are developing the adult form of rickets - easy to prevent by getting enough vitamin D in their diets or taking supplements every day, but often not thought of.
- mbelrose, on 02/03/2009, -2/+16Which kills more people in this country, skin cancer or rickets? You need vitamin D, the sun helps, but it also causes cancer. None of these facts contradict each other. You just have to balance your risks.
- tekgnos, on 02/03/2009, -2/+15Milk is fortified with 400 units of Vitamin D. If you go in the sun for 20-30 minutes and you have fair skin, you will product 40,000 units! That is 100 glasses of milk.
So no, drinking a glass or two of milk will NOT give you enough Vitamin D, and the fact that there is such a widespread deficiency is exactly because of your line of thinking. Get into the sun or take a potent Vitamin D supplement. The Government's RDA is so low its absurd. - TherealObadiah, on 02/03/2009, -5/+16And all the safety nazis out there who demand that everyone should slather a slurpy cup full of sunscreen on junior lest they get one drop of sunshine!
Sun exposure is good for you. Slathering SPF 50 block all over kids, or others, is very bad. - itsabrandnewday, on 02/03/2009, -1/+11dugg for the photo of girls getting some vitamin d in their lives
- Cuchanu, on 02/03/2009, -0/+7This is scary to me. I have a 10 month old breastfed baby and we are supposed to give her a D supplement. The problem is that she has got pretty good at spitting it out. To top it off we live in Seattle (there is no sun in the winter) and she is half hispanic so she is probably deficient.
- ColorBlind, on 02/03/2009, -1/+8Sun light feels better on the whole.
- TheSpook, on 02/03/2009, -1/+7The terrorists have won.
- Rivetgeek, on 02/03/2009, -1/+7If you're a nudist then sun light feels better on the hole.
- TheSpook, on 02/03/2009, -0/+6Don't tell my wife. I've complained too much about those supplements she's made me take every day to be wrong. :/
- cheeseron, on 02/03/2009, -0/+6beware Big Sunblock
- mbelrose, on 02/03/2009, -0/+6Coming soon for WII: Super Mario Sunshine: UV edition!
- semiotic, on 02/03/2009, -0/+5Or abandon the lies of the dairy industry and just go outside.
- Archaic1, on 02/03/2009, -0/+5Did you even read the article?
- deadmoo, on 02/03/2009, -0/+5FTA: “I am believer, but also a pragmatist," said Jackson. If somebody says ‘prove it, doc.’ I say ‘Eh, I can’t.’ ”
That's pragmatism? Not charlatanism? - compguy101101, on 02/03/2009, -0/+5You know vitamin D deficiency doesn't seem as worrisome without to topless sunbathers to convey the message.
- Rivetgeek, on 02/03/2009, -0/+4who the ***** is drinking 24 oz of milk a day? You better be like 10.
- sadisticmind, on 02/03/2009, -0/+4no, but your mom can.
- stix213, on 02/03/2009, -0/+4Uhhh, just take your baby out into the sun sometime will ya?
- jsevenup, on 02/03/2009, -1/+5I called it "shenanigans" years ago as I studied the good health the Indians and many other groups of people who were outdoors a vast majority of the day! We have been duped.. yay for sun and tanning beds!
- Gizza, on 02/04/2009, -0/+4Try living in Australia. Skin Cancer is one of our biggest killers. On the plus side, we probably doing alright in the vitamin D department.
- guyincognitoo, on 02/03/2009, -2/+6"Approximately 5-30 minutes of sun exposure between 10 AM and 3 PM at least twice a week to the face, arms, legs, or back without sunscreen usually lead to sufficient vitamin D synthesis"
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamind.asp - tekgnos, on 02/03/2009, -3/+7There are two things I would add to this article.
1-The author does a good job talking about the tanning association and its links to Vitamin D researches, implicitly stating the problems with capitalists getting in bed with researchers. But he doesn't mention the Skin Cancer Foundation and their long history with sunblock manufactures. Look at this link!-
http://www.skincancer.org/corporate-council.html
Look at ALL those companies that make sunblock! They all pay $10,000/yr to support the research of the Skin Cancer Foundation. That puts the Tanning Associations giveaway to the Vitamin D guys in perspective.
2-If you go into the summer sun and are fair skinned, you make 20,000 to 40,000 units of Vitamin D in about 20-30 minutes! This is so much more than the governments FDA reconmendataions that it makes you wonder who is correct. Evolution and your body's natural response to sunlight (aka producing it hand over fist) or the Government who thinks you just need 400 units, which is equivalent to less than a minute of summer sunshine a day. Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Is it any wonder there is a widespread deficiency? Not really. The sun-scare of the 80's and 90's is coming back to haunt everyone in a big way.
For more info- http://vitamindcouncil.org - inactive, on 02/03/2009, -0/+4Should be "the rickets".
- casbar, on 02/03/2009, -1/+5I'm linking this story to a deficiency in the ability to think for ones' self.
- flamesoftheend, on 02/04/2009, -0/+4I'd give them some vitamin P... enis
- digggggggggg, on 02/03/2009, -0/+3Exactly. Why deal with finding parking and paying for it, when you can just walk around? I find that I have a much better time walking around town than driving from point a directly to point b.
- shallot, on 02/03/2009, -0/+3If kids go out and play , there would be no deficiencies...but they along with their parents are happy to play Wii....go figure...
- cougar3429, on 02/03/2009, -3/+6For all we know sunscreen causes cancer too. You can die from too much water. We know so little ultimately.
- sugablonde, on 02/03/2009, -0/+3I wish I could enjoy being outside right now.
14 degrees and snowing - erikerikerik, on 02/03/2009, -1/+4The sun dosnt need to shine, thats just the visible light.
The UV light, the stuff your body uses to make vitamin D will penetrate just about any cloud.
if that wasn't true then every on in Ireland/Scotland would have died long ago from vitamin D deficiency. - pgiessel, on 02/03/2009, -0/+3Its 4F here right now. Go outside between 10AM and 3PM and expose your face, arms, leg, and back and I will tell you what color your fingers, ears, and nose will be. The black of frostbite. Hence the vitamin D deficiency, hence the need for supplements.
- Gizza, on 02/04/2009, -0/+3It's a good thing then that getting vitamin D from UV has absolutely nothing to do with sunlight.
- geesamba, on 02/03/2009, -1/+4This is digg, so beggars can't be choosers. Anything under 150lbs is a catch.
- ohokyeah, on 02/03/2009, -1/+4Unfortunately sunscreen also has ingredients in them that are harmful to coral and lead to bleaching. http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-05/ ...
Kids hate sunscreen, especially on their face. That stuff burns horribly if it runs in your eyes.
Mbelrose has a point. If you get some sun, you probably should try not to be out in the middle of the day for long, but don't act like you're going to be melted off the face of the earth if you get some sun sometimes. Scorching your skin isn't bad and totally avoiding all sun is bad. Current advice is to get about 15 mins of sun a few times a week if I remember right.
Skin cancer may kill, but rickets maims plenty well. If caught early skin cancer is pretty survivable. The vast majority of people do not get cancer though. Heart disease and accidents are more likely to kill you. - BoneStamp, on 02/03/2009, -4/+7It's hard to get sunlight in the winter for some people. Go tanning for 10 mins/week on a low powered bed. It's not enough to give you a tan, but you'll feel great. It is the best thing on a really cold day. Just don't go for hours a week or you'll look like a sick raisin.
- duncan202, on 02/03/2009, -2/+5Why would our bodies have developed the capacity to generate 1000 units of vitamin D *per minute*, given that until very recently in our evolution as a species we spent most of our lives outside, if we didn't require fairly huge amounts to function properly?
Getting sun burned is bad. Getting sun is good.
I wouldn't be surprised if many of our modern ailments starting rising around the time sunscreen came into heavy use. - galanz, on 02/03/2009, -0/+3Yeah, but they don't look like they'd have d's. I'd guess more like b's.
- tekgnos, on 02/03/2009, -0/+3Drinking milk will get you enough Vitamin D to avoid rickets, but it is far far far from optimal levels. Going into the Sun for 20 minutes (if you have fair skin) will produce 40,000 units, roughly equivalent to 100 glasses of milk!
Go outside or take a strong Vitamin D supplement. The Governments RDA is so incredibly off base, its worthless. - tekgnos, on 02/03/2009, -0/+2Skin Cancer is prominent in people who avoid the sun and then get sunburned. There is a much stronger link between Vitamin D Deficiency and cancer. So stay deficient and die of prostate cancer!
- zeth006, on 02/04/2009, -0/+2EDIT: "Nearly gotten hit."
It's the exercise you get too. Goodness gracious. Recent studies show that over half of all car trips made in the US could've easily been made by walking or taking a bike. Exactly why I'm thankful my parents own a house in a nice location. - davewashere, on 02/03/2009, -2/+4They also have lighter skin that absorbs more UV light. This is either the product of evolution or an act of God, depending on whether you are intelligent or not, respectively.
- sugablonde, on 02/03/2009, -0/+2or you work too much :'(
- davewashere, on 02/03/2009, -2/+4We live in a very backwards culture. We cover our children in chemicals to block out the UV rays, yet we lay out in the sun for hours with no protection with the hope that our skin will become darker and somehow more attractive. I think most of us would be fine if we just wore normal protection (shorts, t-shirt, maybe a rimmed baseball cap to shade the face) and participated in normal outdoor activities (which doesn't include just sitting around and baking in the sun).
- ChromaVita, on 02/04/2009, -0/+2You know what, I'll take the 100 glasses of milk.
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