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Comment by Flatterer3544

9 hours ago

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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cies  9 hours ago

absorb or create?

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

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