This was under the news on the home page. I will say DH spent the last 32 years working almost six days a week in a windowless office. And spent his time off in his den with the windows heavily covered. Who knows.
I don't buy into this notion. My DH flew jets, and spent hours in the sun as a kid working on farms up in NOCAL, and was out golfing, fishing and prospecting...we lived in the desert for total of 10 years... It is just another grasp at straws..no one knows the real cause cuz if they did there would be a cure.
I don't buy this either... It's as sunny as it gets here down under, as kids and growing up we were always out in the sun, swimming etc.. As an adult Dh worked outside most of the year...
No...me neither. I don't think this has anything to do with anything. I mean, we DO need some sun, but as one who entered her 50s already having had a skin cancer episode, and with cataracts underway, I don't think excess sunning is going to me my salvation.
DH grew up on a farm, spent lots of hours working and playing outside. As an adult, he had an inside job, but he always gardened during the summer. He also spent hour hiking, bird watching, doing nature photography. He certainly was in the sun enough and has the skin cancer on his bald head to prove it.
Misleading headline. It should state that Alzheimer's is linked to inadequate Vitamin D. Doesn't even go into that if you buy Vitamin D supplements you need to buy D3.
I follow the Vitamin D news when I can. Our bodies make Vitamin D and this is related to sun exposure (so by definition Vitamin D isn't a vitamin since our bodies make it). As we age our bodies become less efficient in making Vitamin D. Sun exposure only seems to be important in mid-day, and it takes a lot of exposure to make enough. Eskimoes don't make enough (long nights half of the year and all of that clothing) but their native foods are rich in Vitamin D.
The Vitamin D proponents claim all sorts of ills go away if you take Vitamin D. I believe it enough to take it (and have my Vitamin D tested by my doctor to make sure I don't have too much). But this article does not link or name any studies. So we cannot judge the article by it's evidence. There are lots of studies out there, most of them poorly done.
The author also has an obvious bias so I would add salt to this article. If interested I suggested looking for studies on the subject yourself. There is a need for more Vitamin D studies on a variety of subjects, don't know if they have been done.
Mimi, I wondered why he always looks so "tanned"! :)
My grandfather was a mail carrier, then after retirement, worked outside literally all day long in his garden, orchard, flower bed, etc. Had more sun exposure than was good for him, by today's standards. Still had AD.