On Jan 30, 2013, at 8:34 PM, "vp_wiz" harry.porter@verizon.net> wrote:
> So I'll take this opportunity to put in a plug for Vitamin D supplements ...
>
Been on 'em for several years.
Spent my whole youth outdoors, then they told us get out of the sun. Skin cancer would kill us all. Plus all us college boys put on ties and worked inside under ghoulish fluorescents. The result: Vitamin D levels have been dropping for 70 years -- a serious public health crisis. We didn't know, cuz screening tests were too expensive. They're now under $50, so we're getting them regularly. And the results aren't pretty.
While they saved us from the scourges of skin cancer (easily treated), other cancers like colon (deadly) increased. Not a good trade off.
My level went from 30 (low) to 50 last year. Probably 70 now. No more SAD or winter depression.
Still best to get it from the sun for a few minutes a day. But if you live up north, you'll find that difficult much of the time, and impossible the rest.
So yes, if you spend your time in the gray and the cold, a trip to Costco or CVS just might save your life.
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