Here's a recent article and recommendations on the tradeoffs of sun exposure for vitamin D versus the risk of skin cancer: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052949

tl;dr risk and benefit is based on skin colour primarily. Pale skinned people need very little sun exposure to get sufficient Vitamin D in most cases while being at much higher risk of skin cancer. For dark skinned people, the situation is reversed (need more sun exposure and are at less risk of skin cancer).

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone -3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Article suggesting that the body should never have any sort of tan because that's dangerous

Meanwhile everyone is vitamin d deficient, developing auto immune diseases from low levels

Animals seek out sunlight to sit in, look at your cat or dog

You don't need to go overboard cooking yourself for more than a few minutes but advocating for literally no sun exposure is so stupid?

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 12 points 3 days ago (4 children)

In Australia, to get a sufficient amount of vitamin D you just need to be outside for a few minutes a day.

Incidental exposure is enough. No deliberate cooking or tanning or seeking out the sun is needed.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

ABC radio had a piece on this yesterday saying our multiple sclerosis rates are rising from sun avoidance

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

In Australia, to get a sufficient amount of vitamin D you just need to be outside for a few minutes a day.

Tasmania enters the chat. As repeated on The Health Report some podcats ago, you can lie naked outdoors for hours in winter and not get anough sun exposure to impact D levels.

Australia is a big place

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That's the claim and I used to echo it, but with near daily walks (weather permitting) plus hikes when weekends permit, plus gardening, I'm still deficient. Same story for almost everyone I work and exercise with.

There's either more to it or the claim doesn't hold up empirically

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I dunno about you, but I'd much rather take a vitamin D supplement/vitamin E fortified foods, than get skin cancer

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Make sure you take vitamin k mix or vit d supplement can calcify arteries

Also I think E causes lung cancer in supplement form

[–] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Any more than 5 minutes results in third degree burns.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Maybe for rangas