Supplements Better Than Sun To Boost Vitamin D

Looks like you can get all the good stuff by taking a vitamin according to Dr. Barbara A. Gilchrest of Boston University School of Medicine, co-author of a comprehensive review on vitamin D requirements and UV radiation, told Reuters Health.

The public is getting a mixed message on sun and health, she adds, because advocates of increased UV exposure, like the indoor tanning industry, are advocating sunbathing as a means of getting more vitamin D for everyone, including young light-skinned people who face the greatest skin cancer risk—and are among the least likely to have vitamin D deficiency.


[Supplements Better Than Sun To Boost Vitamin D]

[via MSNBC}

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