Re:Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation&suicide attempts&...
by deepsun on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:58AM
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I don't understand. Europe is pretty much the same latitudes, but people lived there for millennias.
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Re:Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation&suicide attempts&...
by rr888 on Monday February 06, 2023 @12:34PM
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Most people worked outside in the fields for half the year and/or died in their 20s and 30s.
Re:Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation&suicide attempts&...
by hirvi74 on Monday February 06, 2023 @12:07PM
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Maybe Europeans, on average, walk around more? In my experience, much of the North America is far too sprawled out to make walking viable for a vast majority of people.
Re:Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation&suicide attempts&...
by sharatvir on Monday February 06, 2023 @12:02PM
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people are indoors during peak sunlight hours far more than ever in the last 100 years
Re:Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation&suicide attempts&...
by uoaei on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:10PM
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Common misconception. In fact, the population barycenter of the US is further south than Athens, Greece, and lies about halfway between the Strait of Gibraltar and Lisbon, Portugal.
Re:Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation&suicide attempts&...
by deepsun on Saturday February 11, 2023 @09:58PM
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Even more then.
Re:Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation&suicide attempts&...
by DrThunder on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:47PM
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Possibly better food supply?
They're also lighter skinned on average than the US. Your skin color makes a difference in absorption. Native European's skin evolved lighter for a reason, and that was to absorb more of the sun's benefits in a cloudier climate. The opposite is true for dark-skinned individuals; they do better in sunnier hot climates because their skin protects them from over-exposure.
Re:Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation&suicide attempts&...
by lemmiwinks on Monday February 06, 2023 @04:10PM
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No?
Madrid is about the same latitude as NYC. Paris is significally to the north of Montreal. London is about the same latitude as Calgary.