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Doesn't your body produce vitamin D from sun exposure? Just get outside more.
by scurvy 10y ago
Doesn't your body produce vitamin D from sun exposure? Just get outside more.
- mrfusion 10y agoIt's hard in the winter in the northern hemisphere.
- pdonis 10y ago> Doesn't your body produce vitamin D from sun exposure? Yes, but (a) your body's ability to do this decreases as you age, and (b) sun exposure has other downsides such as increased risk of skin cancer, so there's a tradeoff involved.
- scurvy 10y agoYou're not going to get skin cancer in the 10-30 minutes of sun exposure required for daily vitamin D. Stop clinging to that as a reason to shelter indoors and replace life with vitamins and manufactured meals.
- pdonis 10y ago> You're not going to get skin cancer in the 10-30 minutes of sun exposure required for daily vitamin D. Different people's skins have different sensitivities. Also, skin cancer doesn't happen in one exposure; the risk builds up over time. > Stop clinging to that as a reason to shelter indoors and replace life with vitamins and manufactured meals. Stop making assumptions. I personally have dark enough skin that a reasonable amount of sun exposure doesn't bother me. But that apparently didn't stop my vitamin D from being low (see my post elsewhere in this thread), so evidently I am dealing with the other thing I mentioned, the fact that your body's ability to make vitamin D from sun exposure decreases with age. So I started taking a supplement. Would you rather I just let my vitamin D be too low no matter how much sun I got?
- slaveofallah93 10y agoBad advice. Sunlight exposure causes skin darkening and increased risk of skin cancer.
- scurvy 10y ago10-30 minutes a day will cause skin cancer? Think again.
- ubercow13 10y agoBut my job is inside.
- rdmsr 10y agoI can't tell if you are trolling: Many parts of the world don't have ample sunshine or nice weather, particularly in winter.