Re:Mushrooms and sunlight for making Vitamin D supplement
by drivers99 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:27PM
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The angle of the sun is vital, which is affected by time of day, time of year, and your latitude. This is a chart showing time of day and year on the UV index, for a given latitude (NYC so about 41°N) https://www.grassrootshealth.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/... (PDF)
Re:Mushrooms and sunlight for making Vitamin D supplement
by andreasscherman on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:07PM
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Wrote below as well, but seems relevant: https://whencanigetvitamind.com
Re:Mushrooms and sunlight for making Vitamin D supplement
by YellOh on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:44PM
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The rule of thumb I've heard is that you make vitamin D iff your shadow's height <= your height.
Re:Mushrooms and sunlight for making Vitamin D supplement
by Namari on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:24PM
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Yes it looks like what I read in the past was wrong and you are right, it's about the angle of how the sunlight passes the atmosphere. Also about the cholesterol oil your skin produce and what you said.
Not who you are asking, but most folks find out with blood tests. It is also pretty common for folks to produce less as they age, and it isn't a small difference.
Are you going out in the morning? That's when your get vitamin D, almost nothing in the afternoon.
This just isn't true. How much you get is going to depend on the angle and strength of the sunlight, the amount you get, the amount of skin exposed, and the color of your skin. (dark skin produces less than light skin, and makes it difficult to produce enough the further north/south you are).