Posted on 11/10/2006 4:08:52 PM PST by blam
This may interest you.
Quite interesting... thanks for the post.
Wow! Yet more good news about the sunshine vitamin.
And at about five cents a day, you can bet if it was comin out now big pharma would be fighting tooth and nail to have it banned!
Very interesting. Unfortunately the article fails to say anything about dosages.
Vitamin D deficiency must be increased by the spreading use of sun blockers, no?
“People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day, Garland said, adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences. “
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548419/posts
BTW, a lack of vitamin-D is what caused people to be white.
Thanks.
I recommend a teaspoon to a table spoon of Norwegian cod liver oil in the winter for folks living up north.
full spectrum lighting in the home?
ping...influenza (and other disease) resistance mentioned (Thanks, blam!)
Bump to save...
I wonder if people living in sunnier latitudes (lighter skinned people, that is) get sick less? Of course, there are so many variables - if they go out in the sun or not, for instance.
I already take two caplets of cod liver oil daily (because I can't stand the taste of cod liver oil).
I just checked this out, and each caplet contains 135 IU of vitamin D. I also take a daily caplet of vitamin D, 400 IU, along with calcium citrate.
The moral of the story seems to be that I should add one more caplet of vitamin D. That would make a total of 1070 IU daily, which is evidently enough.
I agree with you, though. Cod liver oil is an excellent supplement.
Thanks for posting and the ping; very interesting.
The variables present in attempting to study this boggle the mind: is there a correlation between sun sensitivity and Vitamin D production? (aside from the amount of melanin present)
Are those who spend less time in the sun also spending more time in enclosed environments where they are more likely to be exposed to pathogens?
Is the reason the 'summer cold' is less common than the winter one--or is that otherwise weather related (dry air spreads viruses better than moist air, because the viruses live longer--most heating systems dry the air).
At this latitude, we have substantially less sunlight per diem than in the summer, so I think I'll get a few of the clan to try the vitamin D and see if we stay healthier than the rest of the extended family.
With a pool of about 20 'subjects' the results may not be conclusive from a scientific standpoint, but if it works, it works.
For later
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