Vitamin D | Starving Dietitian

Time vs. Tan Dilemma

May 31, 2013 by joshua iufer

At this point we’ve seen Vitamin D from the Simple and the Philosophical perspective, but I’m guessing you don’t have much take away. I think there’s more to teaching than just the facts. Information needs to be integrated not compartmentalized. Hence why I’ve taken you from the vastness of space to the atomic level of DNA. In other words, learn the process not the product. There’s just one problem. The Time vs Tan dilemma. The very thing we need to […]

Categories: NUTRITION • Tags: Health, Nutrition, Sunblock, UV Radiation, Vitamin D

Solar Skin

May 30, 2013 by joshua iufer

Nothing but silence. Despite the violent combustion of elements and lethal amounts of radiation, the majority of space is dead quiet. Millions of miles from home sits a glowing ball of lethality, our sun. Without warning, a molten eruption hurls towards our planet intertwined with ultraviolet radiation. At 186,000 miles per second the photons smash into our skin, diving to the lowest layer and bouncing off a small molecule known as cholesterol. SNAP! The transfer of energy breaks a delicate […]

Categories: NUTRITION • Tags: Biology, Philosophy, Solar, Sunlight, Vitamin D

Vitamin Sun

May 28, 2013 by joshua iufer

You’ve all been overwhelmed with vitamin D information at this point. Let me assure you, this won’t be long. If a picture tells a thousand words, an infographic is practically a novel. I just so happened to discover one on Vitamin D that I felt compelled to share. As we approach summer I inevitably receive an increasing number of questions for the sunshine vitamin. How much time in the sunlight is enough? When does the risk of skin cancer outweight […]

Categories: NUTRITION • Tags: Data Is Beautiful, Infographic, Sunlight, Vitamin D