Happiest country on earth has a high Vitamin D level (Finland, with little sun) – March 2022

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Is Finland really the happiest country in the world? Finns weigh in.

Washington Post March 31. 2022

• "For the fifth year in a row, Finland has been named the happiest country in the world by the United Nations-sponsored World Happiness Report."

Note: Most of the top 10 happiest countries are in Europe and supplement or fortify with vitamin D

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VitaminDWiki pages with FINLAND in title (18 as of April 2022)

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VitaminDWiki - Change of Vitamin D Fortification in Denmark

• 60 percent more life births after infertility diagnosis if Vitamin D fortification (Denmark) - Nov 2019
• Vitamin D food fortification during pregnancy reduced gestational diabetes in daughters by 13 percent – Nov 2018
• Vitamin D added to margarine reduced inflammatory bowel disease by 13 percent 30 years later – Nov 2019
• Preeclampsia of offspring cut in half if mother who smoked had vitamin D fortified margarine – Dec 2017
• Danish study of childhood diseases vs vitamin D fortification – May 2013
• 9 studies by Denmak D-Tech group (fortifiy Margarine with Vitamin D) online as of Nov 2019

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VitaminDWiki - Fortification with Vitamin D includes

125 items in Fortification category

Fortification works, even if food is cooked, but govts rarely fortifiy with enough
Govts, food producers, and families can fortify:
   milk,   yogurt,   beer,   bread,  cereals,  cooking oil,  soups,  jams,   jellys,   honey,   snack bars, etc.
Some interesting fortification articles

• After years of adding vitamin D, Finland now has 35 ng levels - March 2022
• Fortification with Vitamin D works – 16 studies of Danish experience – July 2021
• Vitamin D fortification of beverages – Review March 2022
• Vitamin D-fortified bread: Systematic review – March 2022
• International Conference of Vitamin D Fortification of Food (India) – Sept 2018
• 2400 IU of vitamin D needed to get most Northern adults above 20 ng – June 2020
  • Most Fortification studies do not give enough to make a difference
• Vitamin D home fortification- don't wait 100 years for your govt

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With high vitamin D levels. Fins probably have little SAD

SAD = seasonal affective disorder
VitaminDWiki pages with SAD in title
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