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hollydolly said:
Oh yes living in the Northern hemisphere I've always known how important it is to get our quota of Vitamin D.. but I'd not heard specifically of a deficiency of VIT D3 I was just curious as to whether there was another reason for the cause..
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From Web MD

[h=3]Causes of Vitamin D Deficiency[/h]Vitamin D deficiency can occur for a number of reasons:
You don't consume the recommended levels of the vitamin over time. This is likely if you follow a strict vegan diet, because most of the natural sources are animal-based, including fish and fish oils, egg yolks, cheese, fortified milk, and beef liver.
Your exposure to sunlight is limited. Because the body makes vitamin D when your skin is exposed to sunlight, you may be at risk of deficiency if you are homebound, live in northern latitudes, wear long robes or head coverings for religious reasons, or have an occupation that prevents sun exposure.
You have dark skin. The pigment melanin reduces the skin's ability to make vitamin D in response to sunlight exposure. Some studies show that older adults with darker skin are at high risk of vitamin D deficiency.
 

I'm the same as you as you can see by my Avi..very fair..but I love the sun and spend as much time in it as possible..here in the Uk that's not a huge lot of course...but regardless of the season I wear factor 15 every day as a moisturiser, and in the summer I spend 15 or 20 minutes out in the sun daily with no protection on to get my allotted Vit D for the day..then plaster on the Factor...
 
QuickSilver said:
Well... I'm very fair.. Live in Chicago and have a deficiency.. Of course I had my last blood draw in March of last year so just as we were coming out of a long winter. I don't know what my level are in the summer.. Perhaps higher. But I am not a sun worshiper anyway.. I stopped that 20 years ago.. So I don't intentionally sunbathe. Not good for wrinkles...but wonderful for Melanoma.
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There's no one reason why people are deficient, just some groups are more susceptible by rate of skin tone....Often a well known fact among people who work in the health industry.

http://www.cdc.gov/nutritionreport/pdf/Second Nutrition Report Vitamin D Factsheet.pdf

http://www.healthline.com/health/vitamin-d-deficiency#3

http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-HealthProfessional/#h5
 

I take a D3 supplements every day. It helps me feel better, as it's also good for the mood. I also take a multi-vitamin which contains iron.

We have sun today, but its very very cold and who in their right mind would want to sit out there. I wish there was a vitamin I could take that would give me the feeling of being on a tropical beach with a nice breeze blowing and hearing the surf and feeling the waves on my feet.
 
I'm very fair but haven't intentionally tried to get a tan since my 20's. I burn easily but managed to live on the equator for two years without getting burned once. Didn't get burned in Thailand but did slowly get some colour while there. I always used sunscreen at least until very late afternoon.
 
I must say we do look a lot better with suntans. Too bad it's so risky nowadays.

Our summers can get pretty hot here and we have a swimming pool in the back, which I don't use much anymore because I hate sitting in the scorching hot sun. I'm fair but I do tan fast. I sunscreen though, so I spend only a very short time in the sun in the morning or late afternoon. I sure miss the old days when I used to lay around on the beaches of B.C.
 
Cookie said:
I must say we do look a lot better with suntans. Too bad it's so risky nowadays.

Our summers can get pretty hot here and we have a swimming pool in the back, which I don't use much anymore because I hate sitting in the scorching hot sun. I'm fair but I do tan fast. I sunscreen though, so I spend only a very short time in the sun in the morning or late afternoon. I sure miss the old days when I used to lay around on the beaches of B.C.
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Even without the risk of skin cancer, it turns the skin into that of an alligator. I've seen women who've tanned all their lives and they look monstrous. I used to think dark tans looked good but what I see now is future alligator skin. Light colour that you get slowly is fine.

I thought it was funny in Thailand that in the shops they sold lightening creme for skin as the Thais try to look lighter. And they are surrounded by tourists most of whom are trying to get darker - especially the French and Germans.
 
I think there is some debate about whether sunscreens really do help, but I don't like them because of the chemicals.

My wrinkly friends always tell me I have nice skin because I don't go out in the sun and I hardly do hang out in the sun, but my skin is just normal looking to me, and I don't smoke, so that helps.
 
Cookie said:
I think there is some debate about whether sunscreens really do help, but I don't like them because of the chemicals.
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Of course they help. But they must be the ones that block both types of UV rays. I'll take chemicals over serious sunburn, or of never going anywhere sunny.
 
Well, if I got a chance to visit Hawaii, I wouldn't hesitate to be in the sun -- and even wear sunscreen if I had to, for a little while.:cool:
 
Ameriscot said:
I'm very fair but haven't intentionally tried to get a tan since my 20's. I burn easily but managed to live on the equator for two years without getting burned once. Didn't get burned in Thailand but did slowly get some colour while there. I always used sunscreen at least until very late afternoon.
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I'm fair, but I do tan pretty nicely... so that was always the temptation for me... to get nice and dark.... because I can.. However, like you I have not intentionallsat out for that purpose in 20 years... But.. all it takes is one bad blistering burn to set the wheels in motion for cancer. I've had lots of those in my youth.
 
Most of my life I hardly ever spent time sunning on the beach or whatever - mostly because of school, work, and other responsibilities. When my kids were young, we'd go for a week or so to one of the Atlantic coast beaches but because I'm 3/4 English and 1/4 Irish, I used lots of lotion and sat under an umbrella a lot. In my mid-forties, a friend of mine cajoled me into going with her to the tanning salon. So I went along but felt kind of nervous at each visit. After 5 or 6 visits I stopped going. Some months later I found a small red spot on the front of my thigh so I went to the dermatologist and he diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma. Immediately had it removed but that ended any sun-bathing either on beach or in machine - scared me to bits!
 
I wear a hat most the time in the summer as well as the sun factor lotion...here's me in one of my many hats...

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Lovely picture, holly, you look so healthy and happy. What is that in the background, trees?
 

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