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Could also be for the same reason my family made sure we had at least 1 (fatty) fish meal every week. We live far north in Norway, sunlight is relatively scarc

Could also be for the same reason my family made sure we had at least 1 (fatty) fish meal every week. We live far north in Norway, sunlight is relatively scarce through the year, which means Vitamin D deficiency is a concern. But what is also a good source of Vitamin D? Fish!

tuukkah 5y ago
Good point. Did the USSR leaders know about the positive health effects of fish (vitamin D, fatty acids etc.) though, and if they did, why didn't they use that as an argument to convince people?
- vodkapump 5y ago
  Come to think of it, they probably didn't. But a quick online search seems to show that the 70s was around when the world understood Vitamin D a lot more, so could be.
  - kayuri 5y ago
    They definitely did, since they promoted fish oil consumption in their healthy lifestyle propaganda ads since 1950s and maybe even earlier.
    - tuukkah 5y ago
      Wow, that's a big omission in the article then.