Vitamin D requirements ... far from the Equator

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Hi Jan,

 

Backlog cleanup continues, your turn!

 

This is a common question ... how can people who live far from the equator

get enough sunshine so that their systems manufacture sufficient vitamin D?

 

Fortunately, vitamin D is fat soluble, and we can store a decent supply.

More important, whereas ANY form of daylight is constructive. Even in the

tropics, our relatives (humans who live there, plus anthropoid primates)

spend the middle portion of the day more in the shade than in the sun. Just

get as much daylight as you can ... that's the best you can do. And no, it

won't rise to the level of someone living in the tropics and who loves the

outdoors.

 

I strongly recommend a midwinter vacation to someplace sunny and warm!

That'll tune you up!

 

Best,

Elchanan

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Jan

Saturday, March 03, 2007 8:22 AM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Re: Vitamin D requirements

 

Hi Elchanan,

 

Many thanks for your input on this matter. Yes, in an ideal world, we

humans should synthesize Vitamin D from sun exposure. Unfortunately, not all

of us live in a climate - year-round - that is suitable for getting

outdoors.

 

Some of us live in a northern latitude six months of the year with a cold,

blustery winter season, far from the sun's beneficial rays. And I don't

think one can soak up the sun during the summer months and have it last

throughout the winter months in such climes, do you? And even if we manage

to get away for a week's vacation in the southern sun, that still would not

be enough for the entire six months of winter.

 

So what do you recommend for us snow bunnies? If not a Vitamin D

supplement, then a sun lamp?

 

This past week (since I'm one of those who live in a northern winter climate

and am concerned about getting adequate Vitamin D), I had my blood drawn for

a Vitamin D test: 25-hydroxy vitamin D, and 1,25- dihydroxy vitamin D, along

with serum calcium (since the two work hand-in-hand in the body). Don't

have the results back yet. I have been taking Vegan D2 a few time a week,

and eat sesame sprouts, which is high in calcium.

 

Jan