Submission + - Vitamin D Deficiency Effects Billion Plus (singularityhub.com)
kkleiner writes: If you are like most people in the world, you have absolutely no clue if you are getting enough vitamin D even though it can be determined with a simple blood test. Our bodies create vitamin D naturally from sunshine, but with a culture of sun starved people that are scared of skin cancer and stuck in front of computer screens all day, we have a perfect storm for a vitamin D deficiency epidemic. Estimates place as many as 1 in 5 of the world's 6 billion people deficient in vitamin D. The solution is as simple as going outside for just 10 minutes of full sun per day or to take a daily pill, but sadly more than a billion people are not doing so. Vitamin D is crucial for proper bone growth and maintenance, and a deficiency in vitamin D results in an increased risk of osteoporosis, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, chronic pain, and several other bad things.
