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I have regularly read that all it takes is 15-30 minutes of direct sun exposure per day to generate the RDA of vitamin D. Is that inaccurate (as someone who sl
by eitally 12y ago
I have regularly read that all it takes is 15-30 minutes of direct sun exposure per day to generate the RDA of vitamin D. Is that inaccurate (as someone who slathers his kids with sunscreen I would really like to know)?
- vanderZwan 12y agoI don't know the answer to that. However, assuming you are correct, I live in a country where direct sun exposure is a rare commodity even in summer, so the recommendation to my parents could still make sense then.
- fizgig 12y agoHere's a nifty calculator that tells you vitamin D values for exposure times taking season and latitude into account. http://nadir.nilu.no/~olaeng/fastrt/VitD-ez_quartMED.html http://nadir.nilu.no/~olaeng/fastrt/VitD-ez_quartMED.html