• Dave.@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    In Australia, to get a sufficient amount of vitamin D you just need to be outside for a few minutes a day.

    Incidental exposure is enough. No deliberate cooking or tanning or seeking out the sun is needed.

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      2 months ago

      In Australia, to get a sufficient amount of vitamin D you just need to be outside for a few minutes a day.

      Tasmania enters the chat. As repeated on The Health Report some podcats ago, you can lie naked outdoors for hours in winter and not get anough sun exposure to impact D levels.

      Australia is a big place

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      2 months ago

      That’s the claim and I used to echo it, but with near daily walks (weather permitting) plus hikes when weekends permit, plus gardening, I’m still deficient. Same story for almost everyone I work and exercise with.

      There’s either more to it or the claim doesn’t hold up empirically

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        2 months ago

        I dunno about you, but I’d much rather take a vitamin D supplement/vitamin E fortified foods, than get skin cancer

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          2 months ago

          Make sure you take vitamin k mix or vit d supplement can calcify arteries

          Also I think E causes lung cancer in supplement form

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      2 months ago

      ABC radio had a piece on this yesterday saying our multiple sclerosis rates are rising from sun avoidance