“Get out in the sun”, Thai doctors

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A Thai doctor is urging her fellow citizens to get out in the sun, saying blood tests show most are deficient in Vitamin D. In a report by Nation Thailand, Dr Rojanaree Thitisuwan from Vejthani Hospital says 99% of people who had their vitamin levels tested were found to be lacking in Vitamin D.

 

The doctor says most of them are people working indoors or people who choose to stay out of the sun because they don’t want their skin getting darker (a common cultural preference in parts of Asia).

 

The latest findings back up a recent article from the Faculty of Medicine at Mahidol University. The article states that Vitamin D levels in city residents in Thailand have been found to be much lower than farmers in the northeast of the country.

 

Full story: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/national-news/get-out-in-the-sun-thai-doctors/

 

By Peter Roche

PHOTO: Thailand Discovery

 

-- © Copyright Phuket GO 2023-07-24

 

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[Denim]

Alternatively , eat foods with more vitamin D , more fish for example.

[scubascuba3]

They are extreme sun avoiders, Most Thai golfer i see cover their face and neck and arms and legs, basically no sun

[jacko45k]

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

They are extreme sun avoiders, Most Thai golfer i see cover their face and neck and arms and legs, basically no sun

My Mrs walks around with an umbrella all the time... except when it rains!

[worgeordie]

The manual workers are out in the sun every day ,working ,

so she must mean the better off Thai's ,especially the ladies,

you would think they were vampires the things they do to

keep out of the sun.

 

regards worgeordie

[Pouatchee]

6 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

My Mrs walks around with an umbrella all the time... except when it rains!

i have a convertible and i drive with the roof up, except when it rains! 

[tgw]

9 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

My Mrs walks around with an umbrella all the time... except when it rains!

well yes, of course !
because then the umbrella might get wet !

those farangs understand nothing.

[Hummin]

1 hour ago, Denim said:

Alternatively , eat foods with more vitamin D , more fish for example.

Not enough for people who is deficient in Vitamin D, I had problems before I startet to take 3000iu daily 7 months + travelled frequently to sunny places in the wintertime when living up north. Even my diet was fish and food rich in vitamin D. 

[Gecko123]

Next time a Thai asks me why so many farangs prefer dark skinned Thai women, I'm going to tell them it's because they have higher Vitamin D levels. 

 

Edited July 24, 2023 by Gecko123

[ChaiyaTH]

I believe science says that just 10 minutes a day is actually enough already, if possible during the early morning, look into the light (if sun too bright look next to it else bad too).
 

Also seems to be the most effective for waking up your entire body and mind properly and giving a energy boost to start the day. 
 

Those ten minutes in the morning would not have a significant impact on tan too.

 

Also it is known taking supplements isn't the same long-term, not a solution. Same issue with vegans etc.

Edited July 24, 2023 by ChaiyaTH

[Artisi]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

My Mrs walks around with an umbrella all the time... except when it rains!

 she stays inside because you will get sick from the "germs" in the rain. 

Edited July 24, 2023 by Artisi

[Chivas]

6 hours a day in the sun nothing less for the Chivas

 

Pasty sods the Thais   ????

[Hummin]

6 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

 

 

Also it is known taking supplements isn't the same long-term, not a solution. Same issue with vegans etc.

Ehm

 

Taking supplements is better if you have problem with skin damage and high risk for skin cancer, and no different from exposure to sun. 

https://www.medicinenet.com/is_a_vitamin_d_supplement_as_good_as_sunlight/article.htm

[Puccini]

2 hours ago, Denim said:

Alternatively , eat foods with more vitamin D , more fish for example.

Risk of mercury poisoning from eating Thai fish.

https://ipen.org/news/arnika-and-earth-report-mercury-fish-industrial-sites-thailand

[2baht]

16 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

They are extreme sun avoiders, Most Thai golfer i see cover their face and neck and arms and legs, basically no sun

Can't have hiso's looking like rice farmers now, can we!

[jcmj]

Thaw Thais are very racist towards their dark skinned counterparts. I have seen it so many times. Even my son stopped swimming and playing in the pool because he was getting teased for his darker skin. Sad. 

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

They are extreme sun avoiders, Most Thai golfer i see cover their face and neck and arms and legs, basically no sun

Can't have dark skin, that wouldn't do.

[glegolo18]

16 hours ago, worgeordie said:

The manual workers are out in the sun every day ,working ,

so she must mean the better off Thai's ,especially the ladies,

you would think they were vampires the things they do to

keep out of the sun.

 

regards worgeordie

I dont know if you´re correct??? I live in Chaiyaphum, Isaan that is. And here EVERYBODY, no matter who really, stay away from the sun. No matter if they are rich,. well off´s or farmers or house-wifes. Even the farmers cover up themselfs... They have these bandanas (?) wrapped round their heads. Longsleeved shirts, and always long pants, and on top of that almost always gloves.....

 

This is NOT a fashion-thing among the well-offs´, this is a fashion-thing among the whole thai population almost.... It is terrible to see on some of them, their blue blood-venes on their legs showing... Like we said back home when I was young, they look like they either spent long time in jail, or being sick and indoors for a long time, or both.... 

 

Sad thing is that as a falang I expect to find these beutiful girls with their copper-coloured skin here, instead I find the very same skin (or even worse) that I find home in falang-land.....

[glegolo18]

16 hours ago, Hummin said:

Not enough for people who is deficient in Vitamin D, I had problems before I startet to take 3000iu daily 7 months + travelled frequently to sunny places in the wintertime when living up north. Even my diet was fish and food rich in vitamin D. 

May I ask, what kind of problem do you mean you develop with lack of Vitamin D???

[Callmeishmael]

47 minutes ago, glegolo18 said:

May I ask, what kind of problem do you mean you develop with lack of Vitamin D???

Rickets. Occasionally I see older people with severely bowed legs.  It could be osteoporosis, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was rickets from avoiding the sun when they were young.

 

[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, glegolo18 said:

May I ask, what kind of problem do you mean you develop with lack of Vitamin D???

Vitamin D Benefits: Avoid/Improve Arthritis Symptoms

[nausea]

17 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

"I believe science says that just 10 minutes a day is actually enough already, if possible during the early morning,"

Not too early, the sun has to be at a 50 degrees+ angle to generate significant Vit D; this equates to roughly 10am -3pm in Thailand.  

[bizboi]

Looks like skin cancer gone the same way as COVID- just a thing of the past!!!

[Hummin]

5 hours ago, glegolo18 said:

May I ask, what kind of problem do you mean you develop with lack of Vitamin D???

Depressed, powerless, low hormones, pain in body/ joint pain, back pain especially, 

 

The older you get and untreated, depressed and low testosterone. 

[paulikens]

Nuts!  The sun shines so much in Thailand yet they still don't get enough sun to actually be lacking in vitamin D.   it's not surprising though considering what they do to avoid the sun.   Such strange people.  I understand if you don't want to sit in the sun all day but even just going to the 7-11 they cover up like they will evaporate if their skin even catches a glimpse of the sun.  JESUS!  a couple of mins in the sun won't kill you and obviously is good for daily dose of vitamin D.     And they way they live as well its nuts. windows and curtains always shut.  God forbid the sun shines through.  the way they are in their rooms you'd think they was all on the run.  windows and curtains shut all the time and never go out.