The Vitamin D Update: We Aren't Getting Enough Sun

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PEOPLE should sit outside in the middle of the day to help stave off potential deadly medical conditions, an Australian researcher says.

Current recommendations about when people should be exposed to the sun the most were wrong and did not allow people to get enough vitamin D, according to David Turnbull, a research fellow at the University of Southern Queensland’s Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health.

Vitamin D, when absorbed through the skin from UV rays, has been found to help prevent various cancers, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. . . . “In the US, between 50,000 and 60,000 people die each year because of issues relating to not getting enough sun exposure,” he said.

Last month, researchers from King’s College London released a report linking vitamin D with slowing ageing in women.

The British study found more sunshine could also cut the risk of age-related illnesses such as heart disease.

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