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Apr 9, 2010 6:21 am US/Eastern
Docs: Fear Of Sun Leads To Vitamin D Deficiency
We've Done Such A Good Job Protecting Ourselves From The Harmful Rays, 75 Percent Of Country Now Lacking
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
New research shows vitamin D can defend against a slew of health problems -- from cancer and diabetes to depression, heart disease and bone loss.
But, increasingly, Americans are becoming severely vitamin D deficient. The reason why may surprise you.
In the early 1900s hundreds of thousands of children became victims of a crippling epidemic. They didn't have enough vitamin D.
"The bones break down, become brittle. They develop multiple premature fractures," Dr. Neil Sadick said.
Now we're facing a similar outbreak. Ironically, it's because we've done such a good job protecting ourselves from the sun and skin cancer.
"The reason vitamin D deficiency has become an important problem is that it is the one vitamin that requires sunlight in order to be activated," Dr. Sadick said.
Already, nearly three quarters of all Americans, many of them children, are vitamin D deficient...
Apr 9, 2010 6:21 am US/Eastern
Docs: Fear Of Sun Leads To Vitamin D Deficiency
We've Done Such A Good Job Protecting Ourselves From The Harmful Rays, 75 Percent Of Country Now Lacking
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
New research shows vitamin D can defend against a slew of health problems -- from cancer and diabetes to depression, heart disease and bone loss.
But, increasingly, Americans are becoming severely vitamin D deficient. The reason why may surprise you.
In the early 1900s hundreds of thousands of children became victims of a crippling epidemic. They didn't have enough vitamin D.
"The bones break down, become brittle. They develop multiple premature fractures," Dr. Neil Sadick said.
Now we're facing a similar outbreak. Ironically, it's because we've done such a good job protecting ourselves from the sun and skin cancer.
"The reason vitamin D deficiency has become an important problem is that it is the one vitamin that requires sunlight in order to be activated," Dr. Sadick said.
Already, nearly three quarters of all Americans, many of them children, are vitamin D deficient...
