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Vitamin D Myths - SUN

10 minutes is enough
- Nope - only if 12 conditions are true: i.e. under 40, summer, white skin, lying down, little clothing
Same amount of vitamin D generated in each portion of skin
- Nope - for example, 8X more Vitamin D generated by hands and face
No Vitamin D from the winter sun
- Nope - winter can provide 500 IU Vitamin D
Should limit time in the sun to reduce cancer
- Nope - low exposure will INCREASE total cancer by 50X
Same IU of Vitamin D to everyone from the sun
- Nope - 4X difference between individuals,
  - without considering additional differences due to skin color, age, obesity, etc.
Sunscreen decreases Skin Cancer
- Nope - and sunscreen often INCREASES Skin cancer by being in sun too long
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Vitamin D Myths - OTHER
Vitamin D Myths - DOSE
Vitamin D - Facts and Myths much longer, but older list
Survey: Sunlight always bad (80 pcnt in Great Britain) - Sept 2020

Vitamin D Myths - SUN

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- Noontime sun and D Vitamin D Myths - OTHER Survey: Sunlight always bad (80 pcnt in Great Britain) - Sept 2020 High levels of Vitamin D and low rates of skin cancer among commercial fishermen – July 2019 1 in 10 of studies in JAMA, Lancet, and NEJM reversed medical thinking – July 2019 Vitamin D Myths - DOSE

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