Only takes 10 minutes of sun to make a month’s worth of vitamin D while wearing the Hijab (NOT)

It is truely amazing what women in the Middle East are being told.

From Hijabi Sisters, Vitamin D deficiency and weight loss.

Exact quote

But it only takes 10 minutes of sun exposure to manufacture a month’s worth of vitamin D, and the Hijab can by no means block this benefit. It’s easy to get the necessary amount simply by taking a short walk at lunchtime with your Hijab or simply stand in the balcony, also with your Hijab, for 10 minutes.

Author Faraz Omar

Editor

See instead Vitamin D Life

• If heavily clothed, very little vitamin D – Dec 2012

• Veiled Somali pregnant women in Sweden had low vitamin D and were weak – Dec 2013

• Hypothesis: Why so many females in the Middle East are now Vitamin D Deficient

• More hijab clothing may have resulted in 6X increase in Multiple Sclerosis in Tehran – May 2013

• VPS Healthcare in Abu Dhabi invested million dollars in Vitamin D research - Sept 2014 has the following chart

• Overview Middle East and vitamin D which has the following list of reasons for vitamin D deficiency
  • Less time in the SUN

1. Air conditioning - to avoid the hot sun ME

2. Increased use of multi-media indoors

3. More indoor jobs - more office workers, fewer farmers ME

4. Living in cities more ME

5. Want whiter skin - especially women ME

6. Fear skin cancer

7. Cholesterol reduced

8. More Obesity

9. Soft drink cola

10. Meat from factory farms

11. Some drugs consume or block vitamin D

12. increased use of polyunsaturated fats

13. More windows which appear to destroy vitamin D

    • Other than sun*1. Eat less liver - which used to have very large amounts of vitamin D ME
    • Unsure how the meat was killed

14. Less Magnesium in foods

15. More Seniors

16. Excessive clothing (burka) ME

    • Note: Women in ME have much less vitamin D than men

17. Have a condition which Consumes vitamin D

18. Have a condition which Prevents Adsorption in the gut

19. Have a condition which Prevents Conversion to active form

20. Have a condition which requires more vitamin D

21. Lactose Intolerance or Vegan

22. Health reasons to avoid sun

23. Work long hours or night shift

24. Live far from equator NOT ME

25. DDT in bodies reduce the vitamin D

26. Myths about vitamin D

27. Dark Skin ME

28. Use vitamin D2 avoiding D3 from wool and gelatin typically made from animals ME

    • Note: D2 is known to have less benefit than D3, and it may actually DECREASE D3 levels
    • Note: As of 2012 many companies make Kosher/Vegan Vitamin D3
    • Note: Vegi-caps do exist
29. Lack vitamin D fortification of food and drinks ME

Details on above list are HERE