All the scare stuff over skin cancer, people have been slathering on the sunscreen to the detriment of Vitamin D absorption -- an endocrinologist told me several years ago, ten minutes a day out in the fresh air and sunshine is sufficient to proper D absorption and will not be enough to endanger one or damage skin.
Get outside, people.
He was wrong unless you live south of 42 degrees latitude. You also need to be wearing shorts and a tank top for that to be enough time.
If you live north of 42 degrees latitude then you will get almost no vitamin D from the sun from November through February. Depending on where you are you might not even see the sun for days and wearing shorts and a tank top during those times the sun does decide to peak out is usually impractical.
Exactly...sunscreen actually increases your cancer risk:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/07/02/sunblock-cancer-part-one.aspx