It is truely amazing what women in the Middle East are being told.
From Hijabi Sisters, Vitamin D deficiency and weight loss.
Exact quote
But it only takes 10 minutes of sun exposure to manufacture a month’s worth of vitamin D, and the Hijab can by no means block this benefit. It’s easy to get the necessary amount simply by taking a short walk at lunchtime with your Hijab or simply stand in the balcony, also with your Hijab, for 10 minutes.
Author Faraz Omar
Editor
See instead VitaminDWiki
- If heavily clothed, very little vitamin D – Dec 2012
- Veiled Somali pregnant women in Sweden had low vitamin D and were weak – Dec 2013
- Hypothesis: Why so many females in the Middle East are now Vitamin D Deficient
- More hijab clothing may have resulted in 6X increase in Multiple Sclerosis in Tehran – May 2013
- VPS Healthcare in Abu Dhabi invested million dollars in Vitamin D research - Sept 2014 has the following chart
- Overview Middle East and vitamin D which has the following list of reasons for vitamin D deficiency
Less time in the SUN
- Air conditioning - to avoid the hot sun ME
- Increased use of multi-media indoors
- More indoor jobs - more office workers, fewer farmers ME
- Living in cities more ME
- Want whiter skin - especially women ME
- Fear skin cancer
- Cholesterol reduced
- More Obesity
- Soft drink cola
- Meat from factory farms
- Some drugs consume or block vitamin D
- increased use of polyunsaturated fats
- More windows which appear to destroy vitamin D
Other than sun
- Eat less liver - which used to have very large amounts of vitamin D ME
Unsure how the meat was killed - Less Magnesium in foods
- More Seniors
- Excessive clothing (burka) ME
Note: Women in ME have much less vitamin D than men - Have a condition which Consumes vitamin D
- Have a condition which Prevents Adsorption in the gut
- Have a condition which Prevents Conversion to active form
- Have a condition which requires more vitamin D
- Lactose Intolerance or Vegan
- Health reasons to avoid sun
- Work long hours or night shift
- Live far from equator NOT ME
- DDT in bodies reduce the vitamin D
- Myths about vitamin D
- Dark Skin ME
- Use vitamin D2 avoiding D3 from wool and gelatin typically made from animals ME
Note: D2 is known to have less benefit than D3, and it may actually DECREASE D3 levels
Note: As of 2012 many companies make Kosher/Vegan Vitamin D3
Note: Vegi-caps do exist - Lack vitamin D fortification of food and drinks ME
Details on above list are HERE