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Thank you for the blog post! I live in New England and always had the winter blues, always just assumed it was because of the weather but never acted on it. Ab

by marcd35 8mo ago

Thank you for the blog post! I live in New England and always had the winter blues, always just assumed it was because of the weather but never acted on it. About a week ago, there was a reddit post claiming it's actually geographically impossible for anyone where I live to produce enough Vitamin D naturally from the sun alone, due to the shorter days and lower angles throughout the day. I had no idea.

ncasenmare 8mo ago
Thank you! I relate; I live in Montréal, close to New England, with similar climate. The current UV Index for Montréal is... 0. And the current UV Index for Boston is... 0.6. (1.6 later today) I can't find a rigorous academic source right now, but the top web results all say we need at least UV Index 3 for our skin to be able to make enough Vitamin D. I guess summer may work for us, in the Montreal/New England area, but other than that, yeah, you and I will need to get Vitamin D from diet and/or supplements. And fish is expensive, so supplements it is.