Our polluting ways have other effects beyond climate change. We now frequently have a vitamin D deficiency because of world-wide smog blocking the sun our bodies have evolved into needing. Nova broadcasted a documentary about Global Dimming fairly recently, I’ll have to see if any of the video is available.
How To Live Longer: Take Vitamin D:A simple course of vitamin D could help you live longer, say researchers.
Trials involving 57,000 people found that those who took supplements regularly were less likely to die over the six-year period.
Scientists have already shown that a deficiency of vitamin D may be to blame for 600,000 cancer cases each year. Other studies have linked low levels of the vitamin with heart disease and diabetes.
“Solgar – Vitamin D Softgels 1000 IU (Cholecalciferol) – 250” (Solgar)