Vitamin D and the Sun – I’m Wrong Again!
May 16, 2008 by GiGi
Welcome back!
Haven’t we all heard that sun exposure helps with your Vitamin D production? And if we put aside (for the moment) the risk factors of a little sun exposure without sunscreen, that a few minutes a day (maybe 10-20 minutes depending upon numerous factors, such as time of day, skin type, etc.) would be a great way to have your body manufacture its own Vitamin D?
Turns out no — if you are over 40. According to Dr. William Davis , having a great tan does not equate to having enough Vitamin D. In fact, he tested the Vitamin D blood levels of his tan patients and found them sorely lacking. Why?
Two Reasons Why The Sun Won’t Help You:
The more you tan, the more melanin skin pigment accumulates, and the more vitamin D activation in the skin is blocked. Older people just don’t have the great activation of Vitamin D from the sun the way younger people do. Seems unfair, doesn’t it?
Weight – heavier people need more Vitamin D than slender people, sometimes 3 or 4 times as much.
A Word of Caution:
Before you run out and get a Vitamin D supplement, you should be tested to see if you are deficient. See my Supplement Testing Article.
Not just any old Vitamin D will do. It should be Vitamin D3 and it should be in gel form.
I’ll be doing a more in-depth article on Vitamin D3 soon.
For now, you can go back to slathering on that sunscreen. Oh wait! Read this Safe Sunscreen article first!
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This is terrific information and I am glad that you do the research for me on the vitamin D. I will give the gel a try. Thanks.
How about doing some more reaserach on sites such as http://www.uvtalk.com and http://www.tanningtruth.com or perhaps http://www.sunlightssam.com?
Cheers
Thanks for the links, John.
I think that last link was supposed to be http://www.sunlightscam.com/
It’s good to see other opinions, especially to this aversion people seem to have about getting a little sunshine.
I have read studies where elderly people in nursing homes were improved in several health areas just by 10 – 20 minutes of sun exposure each day.
And being out in sunshine (without shades) for a few minutes when you first wake up helps with insomnia by getting getting your normal sleep rhythm back to normal.
I encourage everyone to do a little research before blindly following the herds.
GiGi