Re: In the News: Scientists Find A DNA Change That Accounts For White Skin


A. Grace Haliburton wrote:
> Jason Spaceman wrote:
> > From the article:

> However, the Vitamin D hypothesis doesn't work too well considering
> that you don't see dark-skinned immigrants to Europe or Canada dying
> (or even getting sicker than average) from Vitamin D deficiencies - and
> I'm quite sure many of them don't eat much healthier than your average
> inhabitant of a modern industrialized society.
>
> -Grace

In the 1950's when Britain had an active program of welcoming
immigrants from the 'colonies' due to a manpower shortage, many of the
children from places such as the Indian sub continent and the
carribean began to suffer from Rickets (vit D deficiency).
This health issue was solved by providing free vitD supplemented milk
to schoolkids.
While the free milk program is no longer in place (Thatcher, Thatcher,
Milk Snatcher!), vitD is routinely used as a milk supplement to this
day (in the US and UK).

Steven Pirie-Shepherd

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