Jennifer McM

This is a forum right.... for discussing. I mentioned in a post above that in the 70's when Ugandan immigrants were coming to live in the UK, some of their children developed Rickets - a lack of Vit D. The people were encouraged to change their diets to incorporate more eggs. That's a fact!

I put this in context with posts above. It appears non-white skinned people are being hit the most by this virus (in the UK). Thanks to evolution, dark skin pigment naturally restricts absorbing Vit D from sunshine as historically these races come from hot climes, whereas northern Europeans can't get enough Vit D from the sunshine because sadly we don't get enough of the 'current bun', hence we've evolved to have white skin to absorb more sun rays resulting in our bodies creating Vit D. Problems occur when dark skinned people start to live in climate that's different from their DNA homeland.... there's plenty of evidence about this on the internet.

I agree with you, we should get all our nutrition from diet. But ..... faced with what's happening it doesn't do any harm to pick up a bit of insurance. Just to add the fact we're all different, and I did read of a case of a lifeguard on a California beach that had a deficiency.

Yes, we're on 5000iu of D3 - but we're going to be running out in about a week, so I've got to source some. Good info here about Vit D3 https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-d2-vs-d3#section5

Defo would leave out the 'bat'..... seems bats are not a good idea!

I know in the 70's when BAME people starting migrating into the UK after that Tyrant Idi Amin threw them out of Uganda, many of their children had problems with their bones and rickets raised it's ugly head. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630160/ Re 'English Disease' or 'Asian Rickets' These Ugandan Immigrants were told to feed their children with plenty of eggs which are high in Vit D. I understand people with non-white skin have problems absorbing Vit D from sunshine. Vit D is essential for supporting the immune system..... maybe there's a correlation? We've been on high Vit D and Vit K2 supplements since this wretched virus became a 'thing'.