Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Magic Fingers
Of course, I may have missed it...I’d be interested in any links or studies you might have regarding spring and fall being better for Vitamin D generation.

I didn't mean to imply that more D can be created in spring and fall. It's more difficult to get Vitamin D during the spring and fall which is precisely why it's important to spend more time outside during those times of year. In the summer it's very easy to get enough D. For school children a 20 minute recess outside in June would be enough. But it takes longer during spring and fall to get the same amount of D. What I propose is allowing children to have month long spring and fall breaks from school so that they may spend more time outside during those times of year when D is harder to make. And of course skin must be exposed. Temperatures in spring and fall in the middle of the day are often warm enough to permit short sleeve shirts and short pants.

Winter is more difficult, of course, though for me I've created a special sitting area shielded from the wind that allows me to sun some days in winter when the sky is clear.

43 posted on 03/05/2010 8:07:17 PM PST by GeorgeSaden
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies ]


To: GeorgeSaden

10-4, thanks for the clarification.


44 posted on 03/05/2010 8:15:00 PM PST by Magic Fingers
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies ]

To: GeorgeSaden

My kids spend more time outside at school: breaks, lunch, after school activities.


54 posted on 03/06/2010 7:55:47 AM PST by luckystarmom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson