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Flatterer3544yesterday at 11:26 AM1 replyview on HN

You got it backwards, it would be more beneficial in areas with few hours of sun for darker skin folks, since they do not absorb as much Vitamin D as fair skin folk do.


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ciesyesterday at 11:50 AM

absorb or create?

i understand it as: absorbing is in the intestine, generating D happens in the skin when exposed to the sun