Ralph Carlson Blog

Man made epidemic

There is an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency going around today and at least part of it is because people have been listening to so called ‘experts’ who don’t understand unintended consequences. These ‘experts’ claim to be helping us avoid skin cancer or getting fat and instead create an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency with all its problems. Worldwide people are just not getting enough vitamin D which is strange because we know how important D is to life and a strong bone structure. Being deficient in vitamin D is even more strange because the body manufactures its own vitamin D after exposure to sunlight. Healthy active humans should be making enough vitamin D to keep healthy with exposure of only 15 minutes two or three times a week. It is a no brainer. In addition a good diet with dairy products and fish provides more vitamin D but the best source is the sun. What could possisbly be the problem? [continue reading…]