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Middle East gets little summer vitamin D

Monday January 23, 2012

People in the Middle East can avoid the extremely hot summer sun.
They can afford to pay for air conditioning. Will they be able to afford to pay for additional health care due to decreased vitamin D?
So many people now avoid the summer sun that they now have extreme vitamin D deficiency in the summer.
Example: The peak flu season in the Middle East is the summer

Between air conditioning, excessive clothes, and a desire to have lighter skin they are avoiding the sun the year around
The Middle East perhaps has the lowest year around vitamin D levels on the planet
Perhaps even lower vitamin D levels than in Scotland.

They can afford air conditioning, but can they afford the increase cost of health care (increasing 16% per year in the Middle East)

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The category Middle East and Vitamin D was added to Vitamin D Life in the Fall of 2011

Vitamin D Life has a lot more information