Lack of sun and vitamin D link to type 1 diabetes
Fear of skin cancer can cause us to shun the sunlight altogether. But now it looks like there is more reason to go out and enjoy the warm summer sun.
A little sun and vitamin D may help prevent type 1 diabetes in children, new research points. New findings from the University of California San Diego found that the rate of type 1 diabetes is higher populations living at higher latitudes, where exposure to sun is low. On the contrary, those living at or around the equator have lower incidence of type 1 diabetes. These findings come from the same set of researchers who connected sun exposure to several major diseases.
The study, summarized here, is too limited to conclude that lack of sun exposure causes type 1 diabetes, so more research needs to be done about this. Still the scientists recommend that children living in higher latitudes, including the US, take take 25 to 50 mcg of dietary vitamin D3 daily, especially in winter.
So, slob on the sunscreen, get your summer shorts out and let your children play under the sun!
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