Yes, very much so. Sun exposure is good, but too much can be dangerous, especially if you have some additional condition or risk factor (like the skin cancer that runs through my family history). I...
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Re: Vegans, vitamin D and the sun
Yes, very much so. Sun exposure is good, but too much can be dangerous, especially if you have some additional condition or risk factor (like the skin cancer that runs through my family history). I...
Re: Vegans, vitamin D and the sun
Of course, there should be appropriate caution to avoid the overexposure that would put one at elevated risk of skin cancer. One doesn't want ricket's, but one doesn't want a basal cell carcinoma or...
Re: Vegans, vitamin D and the sun
??? I was under the impression that the only food sources for vitamin D were fish (and maybe something else, but it definitely wasn't vegan - and even cow's milk, another non-vegan item, gets the...
Re: Vegans, vitamin D and the sun
Sorry that I can't help with vegan sunscreens, but one of the studies linked above suggested that a diet high in tomatoes (especially tomato paste) can reduce burning. I don't know if your diet is...
Re: Vegans, vitamin D and the sun
The rice milk, soya milk, hemp milk, and almond milk I get are fortified with vitamin D2 (you have to be careful to check that it's not D3, because then that means that it came from an animal - I did...
Re: Vegans, vitamin D and the sun
I've been concerned lately about vitamin D, not because of being vegan but because I've moved a lot north and I'm confused about how people here deal with the lack of sunshine in terms of vitamins....