Comment by nkmnz
3 days ago
But wouldn’t this imply that optimizing the tanning bed properties for vitamin D production is worse than looking for as-close-to-sun-like sources of light?
3 days ago
But wouldn’t this imply that optimizing the tanning bed properties for vitamin D production is worse than looking for as-close-to-sun-like sources of light?
Yes, there's much more to sunlight than vitamin D so a more generic "almost the sun" source of light could be overall better.
Even just for vitamins, many precursor are found related to light: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2023-4698