Originally Posted by
bikenh
Gee, if the sun doesn't give you cancer then the lack of sun will. You need Vitamin D to prevent cancer. The source of Vitamin D is the sun. I don't ever put on suntan lotion. I'll take my chance of getting skin cancer versus all the other kinds of cancer that I could get by not getting enough Vitamin D.
It only takes 20 to 30 minutes of sun on your face to get enough or vitamin D production, for "normal" people. If you have a lab tested vitamin D definciency, you need to take a D-3 supplement, avilable over the counter. More sun wont get you to the level you need.