News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Vitamin D, part 1: back to basics. Parent comment

Re:Vitamin D, part 1: back to basics by haltingproblem on Thursday August 13, 2020 @11:31AM (#24144380)
Can you explain why just being homeless might cause a depletion of vitamin D?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Vitamin D, part 1: back to basics by Enginerrrd on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:24PM (#24160648)
That's easy. Crappy diet and alcoholism. Something like 68% of single adult homeless credit substance abuse with their homelessness[1], with alcohol being the most commonly abused substance. Alcoholism and vitamin D deficiency has definitely been linked.[2]

[1]http://www.ncdsv.org/images/USCM_Hunger-homelessness-Survey-...

[2]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5074581/

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Vitamin D, part 1: back to basics by BlueScreenDeath on Thursday August 13, 2020 @01:09PM (#24145611)
> they would be more cognizant of the effects of the sun and more likely to wear sunscreen and protective clothing.
[ Parent | on HN ]