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Lack of Sunlight Could Lead To Early Death
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Members of this community may want to venture out of the basement more often, because Dr. Harald Dobnig and his team have found that vitamin D deficiency leads to increased mortality. These results still hold when they take into account such factors as exercise and heart disease. Low vitamin D status has 'other significant negative effects in terms of incidence of cancer, stroke, sudden cardiac death and death of heart failure,' Dr. Dobnig said. The evidence of ill effects from low vitamin D 'is just becoming overwhelming at this point.' Vitamin D3 is usually produced by exposure to the UV-B in sunlight, but in high latitudes, especially in the fall and winter, insufficient UV-B gets through the atmosphere to produce enough vitamin D3, even with hours of exposure. The researchers are recommending that people at risk for deficiency take 800 IU of vitamin D3 daily. Just don't go overboard — as a fat-soluble vitamin, D3 is more capable of causing adverse effects at unnaturally high dosages. The human body tops out at producing about 10,000 IU per day." According to the Wikipedia entry linked above, the D2 (ergocalciferol) version -- available as a vegan product -- works approximately as well to supply humans with their needed vitamin D.
.. since pollution decreases sunlight penetration, whereas down south we have cleaner air and a lovely big ozone hole.
Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
I have this uneasy feeling that sooner or later, we're all going to die.
Loose lips lose spit.
If this were true, then Vampires would die young. But they're immortal. Thus this theory holds no water.
I should like, totally do science for a living.
you should live a healthy life if you don't want to die early.
Only if you're Gisele Bundchen and pour it all over yourself.
Always proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
Seriously, you only have to go to northern sweden/norway to see this in action. You'll find a combination of zombies and nutcases!
OK wise guy... now explain California!
deathmatch and early death, or exercising and long life... the choice is clear *starts up HL2*
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I always stand in the sun when I smoke. Do I break even?
You insensitive cold!
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Sun...light?
Now you're just making stuff up!
I used to believe you, Slashdot. But now you're all 'sun' this, and 'outside' that, like all those other nutbags! Screw you guys! Go ahead, go outside, see if I care! Maybe you'll get eaten by one of those 'wild animal' things you people are always going on about. Like a..uh..what was it...beer? Bar? Oh, right... A bear! Maybe you'll get eaten by a bear! It'd serve you right!
This post was brought to you by the latter hours of a horrible caffeine bender which failed to see anything accomplished. Enjoy!
Friend: "The NIC is misconfigured..." Me: "No prob, I'll just telnet in and fix it." *Silence*
My MD said it's nothing to worry about because I'll usually make the saving throw for death from vitamin deficiency due to my high stamina as an ogre.
Err, wait that was my DM...
Still, he does play a Cleric.
scientists try to scare us about global warming, but nature has a way to balance things out, we don't have to do anything to fight global warming:
with hotter temperatures, vampires get more sun, thus dying off. with less vampires to prey on pirates, pirate numbers explode, thus lowering global temperatures. with global temperatures down, vampires get less sun, rebound in population, and begin keeping piurate populations in check again
see the beauty and wonder of the natural world?
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
But we don't wants to, Master. It burnss us. Don't make uss go away from preciouss...
*huggles his monitor*
A polar bear is a cartesian bear after a coordinate transform.
I think for every generation the mortality rate turns out to be about 100%...
What if Tetris was invented by Nazis?
I'm from Essex. They behave exactly like that.
Dealing with lawyers would be a lot less tedious if they all looked like Casey Novak.