Why are so many people deficient in vitamin D, when it�s easy for most people to step
outside and sit in the sun?
We�ve been taught the sun is evil and getting a tan will give us skin cancer. However,
clinical evidence shows that the opposite is more likely. Not having ENOUGH vitamin D is
more likely to raise your cancer risk.
Re: Vitamin D Deficiency
By: Mike Dippel to All on Sun Jul 20 2025 09:04 pm
Why are so many people deficient in vitamin D, when it�s easy for most people to step
outside and sit in the sun?
We've been taught the sun is evil and getting a tan will give us skin cancer. However,
clinical evidence shows that the opposite is more likely. Not having ENOUGH vitamin D is
more likely to raise your cancer risk.
I sort of intuitively knew too much sun can be bad (increasing risk of skin cancer) before I heard that was true. I live in the northwest US, and we get a
lot of cloudy days and rain much of the year, so it can be hard to be in sunshine here. But I don't really like being out in the sun for too long anyway, as I start to get a bit uncomfortable.
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I sort of intuitively knew too much sun can be bad (increasing
risk of skin cancer) before I heard that was true. I live in
the northwest US, and we get a lot of cloudy days and rain much
of the year, so it can be hard to be in sunshine here. But I
don't really like being out in the sun for too long anyway, as
I start to get a bit uncomfortable.
I sort of intuitively knew too much sun can be bad (increasing
risk of skin cancer) before I heard that was true. I live in
the northwest US, and we get a lot of cloudy days and rain much
of the year, so it can be hard to be in sunshine here. But I
don't really like being out in the sun for too long anyway, as
I start to get a bit uncomfortable.
Fifty years ago at a high school beach party, I got broiled with sunburn...having to walk with bent legs, as the back of my legs
were burned so bad. Then, I peeled like a snake for nearly a month afterwards. Had I not had a bathing suit on, I would've burned a
few more items. :P
Now, I can sunburn in 10 minutes, plus I'm allergic to the stinging insects, so it's rare that I go outside.
I think back to the original Coppertone (tm) ad, with the poodle
pulling down the pants of the little girl, showing the tan lines,
and her white butt. According to their entry on Wikipedia, there
is one "moving deal" in Miami, Florida (where they are based) with
the back and forth of the dog and the pants, going up and down.
I will say that they do have an excellent line of products.
Fifty years ago at a high school beach party, I got broiled with sunburn...having to walk with bent legs, as the back of my legs were burned so bad. Then, I peeled like a snake for nearly a month afterwards. Had I not had a bathing suit on, I would've burned a few more items. :P
I think back to the original Coppertone (tm) ad, with the poodle pulling down the pants of the little girl, showing the tan lines, and her white butt. According to their entry on Wikipedia, there is one "moving deal" in Miami, Florida (where they are based) with the back and forth of the dog and the pants, going up and down.
I remember what the late Richard Pryor noted...basically, he could not figure out why the white folks don't like our dark skin (the negroes), when they spend an inordinate amount of time in the tanning booth. He hit the nail on the head.
:) I liked Richard Pryor.
He and Gene Wilder were also in "Stir Crazy"...as they're going into a jail cell, Pryor is saying "That's right...we bad, we bad". <G>
:) I liked Richard Pryor.
I can sunburn in 10 minutes.
Daryl
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