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A lack of sun is resulting in dangerously low levels of Vitamin D, according to a new study. Sometimes the deficiency is serious enough to be life-threatening.
Emergency departments are dealing with emergency cases where infants are having seizures due to a lack of vitamin D, which is called the sunshine vitamin because the body produces it when exposed to sunlight. One baby was left with brain damage.
Colin Michie, a co-author of the study and a paediatrician, was quoted by the London Evening Standard as saying: "This is a totally avoidable condition which is now a public health issue. It's affecting middle-class children because they're overprotecting with sunscreen and not going out as much. SPF is also increasingly in cosmetics used by young women.
Indoor lifestyles and fear of sun causing Vitamin D deficiency
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It seems like the pendulum swings with every new health scare. There were eggs, thought to be unhealthy until it was found they contain and enzyme which helps reduce cholesterol. Now sunshine is good for you, just not too much or two little. The article doesn't mention it, but diets with lower fat content might even be contributing to less milk consumption, which has been "fortified" with D for decades.
I guess the lesson is: Eat well, limit your bad habits to one or two, and try to enjoy your life no matter what people tell you.
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#1 - Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:56 PM EDTAll things in moderation.
Since my office is a windowless 'cave', I take 1000 IUs of D every morning.
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Since my office is a windowless 'cave', I take 1000 IUs of D every morning.
I think that's become the norm at a lot of workplaces. I have always tried to take a multivitamin, mostly because I tend to eat crappy stuff unless I stay focused, and assume they work together better.
I certainly see a lot of kids spending more time indoors playing video games. It seems like most of my childhood was spent outdoors, but we didn't have 24-hour news to scare us indoors, either.
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I'm getting to the age where I blame everything on modern culture. :-)
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When you can't get sunlight, have a mushroom absorb it for you:
Testing by the Monterey Mushrooms company, demonstrated 5 minutes of UV light exposure made a serving of mushrooms contain four times the FDA's daily recommendation of vitamin D
A shiitake mushroom, sat gills up under UV light for 5 minutes produces 46,000 IU of D2.
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#2 - Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:02 AM EDTI too work in a sunless cubicle. I do love the sun when I can get it. A childhood pal's mother, a big sun worshipper, is in her mid 80's now and still runs around in her bright yellow bikini sans sunscreen. She also is quite the drinker. She's going to live to be 100 for sure.
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#3 - Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:16 PM EDTA childhood pal's mother, a big sun worshipper, is in her mid 80's now and still runs around in her bright yellow bikini sans sunscreen.
I've come to the conclusion that you get two, maybe three, bad habits in your life time. More than that and you're headed for trouble. Hard worker but drinks and smokes -- non-active but eats well -- gets sun and drinks but fit enough to wear a bikini in 80s. Once you get beyond that you're looking for a short life and lots of trouble.
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