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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 184673" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Why can't you get your Vitamin D from the sun? If sunburn is a problem, then spending time with skin exposed when the sun is lower in the sky should help.</p><p></p><p>If you have paler skin that is liable to burn, you need less sun exposure to get your required Vitamin D.</p><p></p><p>If you have darker skin, you need more sun exposure for your body to make enough Vitamin D.</p><p></p><p>If you spend a lot of your time with skin covered up, if you have darker skin, if you wear sunscreen all the time, if you don't go outside during the day - you run the risk of low Vitamin D causing problems. So for a person with Ugandan, Ethiopian or Aust Aborigine-type skin who is a rock singer (ie never ventures out in daylight) who wears a burkah (or who is a nun) and moisturises with Factor 50 - they could have a problem!</p><p></p><p>Seriously - they have now discovered, after decades of sending Aussies the message of slip, slop, slap, wrap (slip on a shirt, slop on some sunscreen, slap on a hat and wrap around a pair of sunglasses) that we have become a nation with rickets.</p><p></p><p>Even winter sun can help you make your own Vitamin D.</p><p></p><p>I have fairly dark skin, so I don't wear sunscreen and try to build up a tan from early summer. difficult child 3 is similar, maybe slightly paler in colouring. One of my sisters tans even darker than I do. I figure we are doing OK with our Vitamin D.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 184673, member: 1991"] Why can't you get your Vitamin D from the sun? If sunburn is a problem, then spending time with skin exposed when the sun is lower in the sky should help. If you have paler skin that is liable to burn, you need less sun exposure to get your required Vitamin D. If you have darker skin, you need more sun exposure for your body to make enough Vitamin D. If you spend a lot of your time with skin covered up, if you have darker skin, if you wear sunscreen all the time, if you don't go outside during the day - you run the risk of low Vitamin D causing problems. So for a person with Ugandan, Ethiopian or Aust Aborigine-type skin who is a rock singer (ie never ventures out in daylight) who wears a burkah (or who is a nun) and moisturises with Factor 50 - they could have a problem! Seriously - they have now discovered, after decades of sending Aussies the message of slip, slop, slap, wrap (slip on a shirt, slop on some sunscreen, slap on a hat and wrap around a pair of sunglasses) that we have become a nation with rickets. Even winter sun can help you make your own Vitamin D. I have fairly dark skin, so I don't wear sunscreen and try to build up a tan from early summer. difficult child 3 is similar, maybe slightly paler in colouring. One of my sisters tans even darker than I do. I figure we are doing OK with our Vitamin D. Marg [/QUOTE]
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