Time in the Sun: How Much Is Needed for Vitamin D?

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I learned that vitamin D in supplement form is from Sheeps' wool and I have found one that is from mushrooms...all organic at www.touchstoneessentials.com

Carolyn Trovao of CA 1:13PM June 07, 2012

Everything sounds good until the end. You most certainly CAN get a sunburn through a car window, and should wear sunscreen on long road trips just like any other time you'll be exposed to the sun.

Laurie of AR 11:59AM May 29, 2012

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sarah hanrahan of IL 2:37PM May 20, 2012

Obviously EXPOSURE to sun light with clothes on is of almost no help in geting Vitamin D-- because it needs a reaction to occur at the skin and one would not like to keep facing the sun in daytime.

mohan K muju of VA 9:35AM February 01, 2012

Does having Type II diabetes increase the need for prolonged in-the-sun time for the activation of vitaminD production?

beau10 of FL 12:49PM December 14, 2011

Will I get sun damage, even though I wear sunscreen, from UVA rays coming through the windshield?

mick of CA 10:50PM August 04, 2011

That is quite false! I have burnt many many times through a car window with and without sun screen. I always have one arm on my body that is more burnt and the freckles darker because of the car!

Debbie of ID 8:24PM July 04, 2011

I recently read from a book I have that was published in 1999 that after a suntan is established,vitamin D production through the skin stops. Is this true?

Claudia of CT 7:29AM June 27, 2011