Sustainable Balance » vitamin d The development of sustainable, high-quality human lifestyles. Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:52:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 Sunlight Series: Part 8 – Sunburns and Skin Cancer /sunburns-and-skin-cancer/ /sunburns-and-skin-cancer/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2014 03:31:14 +0000 /?p=544 Featured photo courtesy of Kelly Sue. Introduction: So far this Sunlight Series has discussed exactly what sunlight is, how it is produced, how it interacts with Earth’s atmosphere, what reaches the surface, and an initial look at what happens when it hits your skin. The last post focused on how UV-B radiation creates vitamin D in your […]

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]]> /sunburns-and-skin-cancer/feed/ 4 Sunlight Series: Part 7 – Vitamin D, The Sunshine Vitamin /vitamin-d-the-sunshine-vitamin/ /vitamin-d-the-sunshine-vitamin/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:04:36 +0000 /?p=538 Featured photo courtesy of Life Mental Health. Introduction: The sun’s radiation that hits Earth’s surface was covered over the last post, where I discussed how the depletion of the ozone layer at most high-population latitudes is misunderstood and overblown, and that global dimming has actually reduced the amount of sunlight the surface is receiving on average. […]

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