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Originally Posted by audioguru The sun makes vitamin D. I think those people have a deficiency of all vitamins and minerals (and protein). In Canada vitamin D is added to milk because the sun does not always shine. The crippled people have cows running in their streets.
A wanker is an insult to a guy who doesn't have a girl friend or wife. |
So far as I know, bowed legs and wanking have nothing in common. If you really are interested in problems related to vitamin D deficiency and skeletal deformities in Canadian immigrants, Wikipedia has a decent write-up about it:
Vitamin D - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The problem you are seeing is most likely not due to lack of sunlight, even in Canada, but to poor nutrition in the home country. Vitamin D is one of the more interesting vitamins from a both a biological and evolutionary standpoint. The wiki article goes into some detail about its biochemistry. From an evolutionary standpoint, ask yourself how such a strange pathway could develop and provide any survival advantage?
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Only fish is naturally rich in vitamin D, so much vitamin D intake in the industrialised world is from fortified products including milk, soy milk and breakfast cereals or supplements. |
I think the affected people, particularly the children, need to be helped and not referred to as cripples. Vitamin D supplements are not expensive and should not be expensive to provide to every child on earth. Unfortunately, ignorance, religious beliefs, and political corruption can thwart the best of efforts to provide such aid. John