People with fair skin, poorly tolerating the sun, suffer from vitamin D deficiency and must take it in a dosage form. A group of researchers, funded by the British Cancer Research Foundation, found that even in conditions of excessive sunlight such people are not able to produce the optimal amount of vitamin D. In addition, the light-skinned people have a significantly higher risk of developing skin cancer.

For this reason, the only way to overcome the vitamin D deficiency of physicians is called taking it in a dosage form or in the form of nutritional supplements. The authors of the study made their conclusions on the basis of observation of 1200 patients. Of these, 730 were left with a low level of vitamin D, many of them had pale skin with freckles.

Doctors already now recommend people with vitamin D deficiency to take it in a dosage form. Often, this vitamin deficiency is observed in people with dark skin, people from Africa and South Asia, as well as older people, children, pregnant women and nursing mothers, as well as people who for some reason do not tolerate the sun. Judging by the findings of the researchers, now they should be added simply to fair-skinned.

Vitamin D is necessary for the body to maintain the normal state of teeth and bones. It is believed that the vitamin D content below 25 nmol / L in the blood is deficient, but experts tend to think that already below the level of 60 nmol / l the body lacks this vitamin and is at risk.

Most people produce enough vitamin D, thanks to a short stay in the sun (it is estimated that enough 10-15 minutes a day). A small amount of this vitamin comes with foods such as fish and dairy products.

Researchers from the University of Lida, led by Professor Julia Newton-Bishop, suggested that in many patients the lack of a vitamin is associated with a lifestyle: some are simply afraid of getting sunburn and avoiding the sun.

However, some light-skinned people are deprived of the ability to produce normal amounts of vitamin D irrespective of the level of solar radiation.

"Such people have to look for a compromise between the danger of overdose of sunlight and vitamin deficiency," said Hazel Nunn of the British Foundation for Cancer Research.

She said it is too early to publish specific recommendations on food additives, but most people can take up to 10 mg of vitamin D per day in the form of tablets without any side effects.

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