tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108584979891069750.post1313646572697725364..comments2023-11-05T03:55:57.516-08:00Comments on Loudest House on the Block: Weekend done (well, almost)Loudest Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10343661791647770742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108584979891069750.post-65668842096171362662008-01-14T07:14:00.000-08:002008-01-14T07:14:00.000-08:00Thanks for the rickets info. Sunscreen- good for ...Thanks for the rickets info. Sunscreen- good for you, but w/ a small side effect, interesting :) We're in the 'not so sunny' Pacific Northwest, so I would think it might be an issue, although my kids are HUGE milk drinkers. Maybe counteracts it???Loudest Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343661791647770742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108584979891069750.post-67241959883613536442008-01-14T03:38:00.000-08:002008-01-14T03:38:00.000-08:00Not sure where you are from but anyone living abov...Not sure where you are from but anyone living above latitude 35N (roughly north of Los Angeles to Atlanta)will not be getting Vitamin D from sunlight from October to March. <BR/>Because we tend not to spend so much time outdoors in the summer without sunscreen/sunblock we are not making sufficient Vitamin D in the summer to last through the winter. <BR/><B>Not enough vitamin D Health consequences for Canadians</B> http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/content/full/53/5/841?searchid=1 explains the dose of vitamin D3 to attain and maintain 25(OH)D levels >80nmol/L -32ng is 2200 IU/d if baseline levels are 20 to 40nmol/L 16ng<BR/>A 25(OH)D test http://www.directlabs.com/VitaminD.php will soon tell you how low you are.TedHutchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13140097526458431747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108584979891069750.post-53507219282648965112008-01-13T18:37:00.000-08:002008-01-13T18:37:00.000-08:00That's okay, I find your very existence day to day...That's okay, I find your very existence day to day to be rather compelling :-) <BR/><BR/>(Seriously, how do you stay sane?)<BR/><BR/>Rickets? I've got to look that up, I've heard of it, but don't know for sure what it is. <BR/><BR/>Get some rest!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com