You are incorrect about the cancer part. I said melanoma specifically.
Sun exposure does increase your risk of topical skin cancer which is easily treated. It does not increase the risk of melanoma.
Source: https://poal.co/s/TellPoal/373890
I am not implying that sun exposure is not dangerous but I am implying that we spend too much time indoors and have been successfully scared away from it.
A pill is not a viable replacement for sun exposure. The sun does more than help convert cholesterol into vitamin D.
Let us meet in the common ground that: You are warning of the dangers of too much sun and I am warning of the dangers of too little. Right now, I believe most people are seeing too little.
Humans evolved to spend upwards of 6 hours a day in the sun in their native climate, with melanomas being almost non-existent. Melanoma rates in children now are higher than historical melanoma rates in adults without sunscreen. It's the food not the sun.
A pill is not a viable replacement for sun exposure. The sun does more than help convert cholesterol into vitamin D.
So much of the view of the human body is overly simplistic like this. "Oh, this activity/organ/thing does this beneficial thing. That must be all that it does, and we can replace that with this pill. Now you don't need that original thing anymore." Nope, there are lots of other things going on as well that you're ignorant of. Best to follow as much as possible the natural ways of doing things.
Well here’s what I think, it depends on where you are living. Where are your people from? If they are from Scotland and you live significantly further south from Scotland, theres a good chance you are getting too much sun, especially early in life.
As people age their Vit D drops and at that point the deficit in D might outweigh the risk of UV exposure. But whites in their 20s and 30s should have more than enough vit D.
Oh I also think weight is a factor here. Fat cells hoard vit D.
What I found interesting was the story of a Polish chemist who found children living in Warsaw around 1900 were developing rickets whereas rural children were not. I cannot imagine city-life keeping children so much indoors like it does today back then.
Your points make sense too.
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