Vitamin D and Health – Part 1

Say What?

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A Major Oversight

The warnings are everywhere, particularly in the summer. “Do not ever, ever go outside without putting on sunscreen!” (Obviously this warning serves the marketers of sunscreen.) Exposure to the sun puts you in danger of skin cancer and at minimum it may damage your skin, they say. There is some truth to this last statement.

BUT, there is another side. Before the year 2000 there was little in the way of research concerning the effects of vitam...