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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by mucinoab on Thursday September 03, 2020 @04:01PM (#24368223)
Anyone knows what rol sunscreen plays in vitamin D intake/generation by sunlight?
Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by graeme on Thursday September 03, 2020 @05:03PM (#24368869)
This is not a direct answer, but:

1. Uva is the cause of most skin cancer

2. Uvb generates vitamin d and sunburns

3. When uvb is present, you can make sufficient vitamin d quite quickly

This would suggest you would want sunscreen for longer exposures, or with much uva exposure. And could get vitamin d from a briefer exposure pre sunscreen.

I can’t say how completely sunscreen blocks vitamin d however.

Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by dralley on Thursday September 03, 2020 @08:50PM (#24370666)
Given that sunburn is a response to cellular damage of your skin cells, why would it be the case that the two are de-coupled w/r/t UVA and UVB?
Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by graeme on Thursday September 03, 2020 @09:01PM (#24370725)
Actually, it seems I was wrong. I thought it was just UVA, but uvb also causes melanoma.

I’d delete the above comment if I could. The main point that you can get vitamin d from short exposure without sunburn is correct, but I was incorrect on the risk. But he fact I was wrong about uvb and melanoma also makes me think I may be incorrect on the risk of uva during periods without uvb.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma#UV_radiation

Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by graywh on Thursday September 03, 2020 @04:05PM (#24368260)
the body makes vitamin D3 when UVB rays hit cholesterol in the skin

sunscreen either blocks, scatters, or absorbs those rays

seems to reason that sunscreen slows down sun burn and vitamin D3 production