[Mamzelle]

re: Here in Houston one in three Hispanic kids is pre-diabetic by age 12. The cause is very simple: vitamin d deficiency)))

So, why are they deficient in D? Don't they drink the same milk as other kids?

[kruss3]

8 ounces of vitamin d2 fortified milk is 2.5% of the minimal
amount required to probably insure all of the systematic benefits of vitamin d3.

[kruss3]

darker skin means one needs to spend much time in the sun
to get the same amount of cholesterol converted to Vitamin d by the sunshine. African Americans are the most vitamin d deficient of all Americans (hence the worst rate for heart disease, cancer, strokes, and diabetes.