From UCR
For everyone who will spend this day cowering under flourescent lights, inside a cubicle farm and out of the blazing heat and sunshine, well, consider this: A scientist in Riverside with considerable expertise on the topic says that half the folks in North America and Western Europe get insufficient doses of Vitamin D and the situation is even worse elsewhere around the planet. He and other experts argue the nutritional standards need to be jacked up so adults get 2000 to 4000 daily IUs of Vitamin D, not the currently recommended 200 to 600 IUs. He says we all need more exposure to the sun, and yes, this might perhaps include some limited tanning for those in some northern climes or for those whose lives are led too much in the indoors; we also need to keep devouring those vitamin enriched foodstuffs. Why the big D? The scientist says there's a growing amount of data to show it plays a big role in fighting cancer and Type 1 diabetes, as well as boosting the immune system.
In Riverside, an expert call for sizable boost by adults in intake of a key vitamin
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