[blam]

I've read that it was lack of vitamin D that caused Europeans to turn white, thousands of years ago.

[The G Man]

Obviously the fault of Haliburton.

[EggsAckley]

Lack of sun causes ME to turn into a black-hearted monster.

[Snake65]

We got cod liver oil every other day during Minnesota winters. Rich in Vitamin D. It's the Norwegian panacea.

[BrooklynGOP]

Teenage Girls Lacking In Vitamin D

Nah.. too easy.

[b4its2late]

Time for a Congressional panel....

[Redcloak]

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that human skin color has less to do with vitamin D than it does with notions of what's attractive. Europeans may have white skin simply because their ancestors found fair complexions more attractive. Conversely, Africans may have dark skin because their ancestors found dark skin more appealing. The added benefit of producing more vitamin D if you're a fair-skinned European would also figure into appearance; the healthier you are, the better looking you are.

[untenured]

Vitamin D fortified foods such as milk, some varieties of orange juice, yogurt, margarine and cereals are helpful. Fatty fish such as salmon also provide a vitamin D boost. Eating three servings per day of dairy products fortified with vitamin D will provide both the vitamin D and calcium to build strong bones.

Good luck with that. The freshmen students in my classes seem to rely on a diet of mostly 20-oz. Mountain Dews and Snickers bars.

[Cronos]

I've read that it was lack of vitamin D that caused Europeans to turn white, thousands of years ago.

That's interesting. Since most Europeans are Aryanic, they would have originally had a brown skin like Iranians or northern Indians. As they moved to the north with less sun, they would have lacked Vitamin D and had lesser melanin. Those that moved south gained melanin to protect against the sun.

[Fitzcarraldo]

They definitely need to replace what they produce ;^).

[djf]

That's what happens. The anti-sun nazis went on their rampage years back, convinced everyone to use SPF 2000 sunblock, and now we have all these old ladies who, if they bump into the door on their way out, shatter their hip into talcum powder.

I'm at the point where I don't believe a single thing the medical establishment says. It's just hoopla and fad, science has been thrown by the wayside. Literally tens of thousands have passed because they fell into the low-fat high carb food pyramid. How many believe the RDA is a good number?

[aruanan]

Teenage Girls Lacking In Vitamin D

Here's why: They stay indoors too much. They don't take vitamins. And they're afraid to drink milk because of the brainwashing they get at school from vegetarians.

On a related note, in a review of a local restaurant that appeared in the U. of Chicago student newspaper The Maroon, one of the student reviewers said that the "vegetarian quesadillas were scrumptious. Since becoming vegetarian, I have had the following problem: everything tastes like vegetables." How could such a one not be as deficient in vitamin D as she is in intelligence?

I've read that it was lack of vitamin D that caused Europeans to turn white, thousands of years ago.

From a nutritional biological (let alone genetic) standpoint, this is really unlikely. You'd have a better argument proposing that the weaker sunlight of the northern climes could more easily convert sterols in the skin into vitamin D precursors in lighter rather than in darker skin, thus conferring on lighter-skinned people in these regions a selection advantage over darker-skinned people.