Vitamin D and Sunbathing Time Calculator

[Bill Bauer]

https://fastrt.nilu.no/VitD_quartMEDandMED_v2.html

 

[Bill Bauer]

If you don't want to sunbathe (due to concerns about skin cancer), you could get your hands on canned cod liver. Consuming a can or two every week ought to be enough to keep your vitamin D (and A) levels where they ought to be.

This is what how Eskomos and Vikings had been able to live above the Arctic Circle and not suffer from rickets.

 

[ajc]

If you don't want to sunbathe (due to concerns about skin cancer), you could get your hands on canned cod liver. Consuming a can or two every week ought to be enough to keep your vitamin D (and A) levels where they ought to be.

This is what how Eskomos and Vikings had been able to live above the Arctic Circle and not suffer from rickets.

Or you can buy Vitamin D3 5,000 IU pills and pop one a day.

 

[Bill Bauer]

Or you can buy Vitamin D3 5,000 IU pills and pop one a day.

When it comes to improving health outcomes, taking vitamins and supplements in pill form is notoriously ineffective:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/915337

https://www.livescience.com/65186-vitamins-minerals-food-supplements.html

The good news is that intake of certain vitamins and minerals is linked with a lower risk of early death. The bad news is that this link is seen only when those nutrients come from food, not supplements, according to a new study.

 

[JohnAdams]

When it comes to improving health outcomes, taking vitamins and supplements in pill form is notoriously ineffective:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/915337

https://www.livescience.com/65186-vitamins-minerals-food-supplements.html

That's why you take them with food.