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How can it be that the public health establishment is ignoring the
research that
suggests that sunshine is very good for you and a likely answer to the so
called
french paradox ie why do the southern europeans have so much less vascular
disease than they should according to conventional risk factors?
why are they so blind to this issue? is it because they would have to
accept that
ordinary people are right to believe that a suntan is actually good for
you, and
that the sun protection hysteria that has been peddled so relentlessly is
wrong?
we urgently need trials to explore the possibilty of measuring and
treating
vitamin d insufficency as a means of preventing and treating vascular
disease.
Obviously we cant rely on drug companies to do this.
what are the public health people doing about this?
How can it be that the public health establishment is ignoring the
research that
suggests that sunshine is very good for you and a likely answer to the so
called
french paradox ie why do the southern europeans have so much less vascular
disease than they should according to conventional risk factors?
why are they so blind to this issue? is it because they would have to
accept that
ordinary people are right to believe that a suntan is actually good for
you, and
that the sun protection hysteria that has been peddled so relentlessly is
wrong?
we urgently need trials to explore the possibilty of measuring and
treating
vitamin d insufficency as a means of preventing and treating vascular
disease.
Obviously we cant rely on drug companies to do this.
Competing interests:
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