Why topless sunbathing is good for women

[Yellow Fang]

I have reading about vitamins. I read this extract:

Low vitamin D intakes and low serum vitamin D levels are associated with increased risk of colon cancer and other cancers; adequate vitamin D seems to protect against breast cancer recurrence. A distinguished medical researcher - Edward Giovanucci of the Department of Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health - said, "I would challenge anyone to find an area or nutrient or factor that has such consistent anticancer benefits as vitamin D." He added that vitamin D may prevent thirty deaths for every death caused by skin cancer.

Then the book lists factors that affect the body's production of vitamin D from sun exposure, which include:

• latitude and time of year
• time of day
• cloud cover, fog or smog
• materials that block UVB rays
• UVB sun lamp
• skin colour
• area of skin exposure
• age
• body weight

I also read about B12. This appears to be the one vitamin vegans cannot source naturally. It's a book about veganism, and the authors stress that, strictly, the vitamin comes from micro-organisms, not animal flesh, but that since you would normally get vitamin B12 by eating meat, I don't see the distinction. Interestingly, I thought vegans tended to look pale because they were not getting enough iron, but the book says iron is not a problem. They do say that a symptom of B12 deficiency is megaloblastic aneamia:

Without proper cell division, facilitated by vitamin B12, abnormally large red blood cells appear in the blood, because the cells have failed to divide properly. This condition is called megaloblastic aneamia. The blood has decreased ability to carry oxygen, which results in fatigue, weakness, decreased stamina, shortness of breath, palpitations and skin pallor. Note that this condition can be masked in diets rich in folate (as many vegan diets are), because dietary folate is part of the process of red blood cell division.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

 

[slowmotion]

I really don't want to take my kit off and jog down the beach like that actor in The Night Manager. Can I just take 20 micrograms of Vitamin D3 every couple of days? It seems far more convenient.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I am not saying topless sunbathing is not good for men too.

 

[stephec]

I've nothing against topless sunbathing, but have I missed the bit where it says that the suns rays on the chest are the best way to gain vit D?

 

[Fnaar]

Miss Goodbody up the road is willing to run an experiment.

 

[slowmotion]

I've nothing against topless sunbathing, but have I missed the bit where it says that the suns rays on the chest are the best way to gain vit D?

The local chemist's shop is quite convenient, and they don't expect you to turn up looking all buff either.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I've nothing against topless sunbathing, but have I missed the bit where it says that the suns rays on the chest are the best way to gain vit D?

Well, to be fair, it does not specify which part of the body is best to expose, but it stands to reason.

 

[slowmotion]

Well, to be fair, it does not specify which part of the body is best to expose, but it stands to reason.

For the Love of God, stop excavating.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I recon that the appearance of that yellow sphere in the sky and its heat have gone to some peoples heads.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I really don't want to take my kit off and jog down the beach like that actor in The Night Manager. Can I just take 20 micrograms of Vitamin D3 every couple of days? It seems far more convenient.

You can take tablets. The book says vitamin D2 tablets are vegan, but that D3 had traditionally come from animal sources. Vitamin D3 sourced from lichen is now available. The book says there are few foods, plants or animal, which contain vitamin D. I seem to recall fish is one. Fortified foods are another. Mushrooms exposed to UVB rays is another, but where do you buy those.

 

[slowmotion]

You can take tablets. The book says vitamin D2 tablets are vegan, but that D3 had traditionally come from animal sources. Vitamin D3 sourced from lichen is now available. The book says there are few foods, plants or animal, which contain vitamin D. I seem to recall fish is one. Fortified foods are another. Mushrooms exposed to UVB rays is another, but where do you buy those.

My GP added them to the list. Fultium-D3 800IU.
I just obey orders and gobble one every other day. If I lived on the shores of the Med, I probably wouldn't have to, but Shepherds Bush isn't exactly packed with female sun-seeking vitamin deficients

 

[marinyork]

If you think you have a vitamin D deficiency see your GP especially if you are over 60 or have other medical problems. Although it is true a lot of brits probably do get less than they need just buying expensive formulations of D3 or taking pills doesn't mean your body is going to absorb it.

 

[slowmotion]

If you think you have a vitamin D deficiency see your GP especially if you are over 60 or have other medical problems. Although it is true a lot of brits probably do get less than they need just buying expensive formulations of D3 or taking pills doesn't mean your body is going to absorb it.

That's me doomed then.

 

[marinyork]

That's me doomed

No, you are one of the sensible ones.

I get a lot of people asking for vitamin D. I keep on getting asked why it is only sold in 25 micro grams and can't they have the medical grade ****.