[sinanju]

Vitamin D is indeed important. There have been a spate of recent articles about how most of us get far less than we need and of the degenerative diseases we’re prone to for being chronically deficient.

That said, there are plenty of ways to get Vitamin D. The reigning theory is that we became deficient when we moved North and started wearing clothes. If you can handle milk then more power to you, but we weren’t originally designed to drink it past the age of six months or so. And certainly not to drink the milk of other critters.

[goodnesswins]

I hate milk and always have.....I have STRONG bones....without it....and I’m 59 yr old woman!

[decimon]

There have been a spate of recent articles about how most of us get far less than we need...

And I've spated dozens into this forum. :-)

[hellbender]

Those of us with northern European ancestors are more likely to tolerate milk as adults, perhaps because the cloudy chilly climate our ancestors lived in made solar vitamin D less available.

The medical establishment created a phobia about sun exposure. The sun is good for you, as long as you do not bake yourself in search of a tan.

[goseminoles]

Ah. And I imagine that number 300 suntan lotion that people slather on themselves from head to toe doesn’t help.