The FDA always recommends concentration camp ration amounts of vital nutrients. Good for business.
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"Sensible sun exposure, especially between the hours of 10:00 am and 3:00 pm produces vitamin D in the skin that may last twice as long in the blood compared with ingested vitamin D. [4] If sun exposure produces slight pinkness, the amount of vitamin D produced in response to exposure of the full body is equivalent to ingesting 10,000-25,000 IU."
The sun's altitude must be 50 degrees or higher to allow the vitamin D absorption affect.
At lower than 50 degrees, the sun's angle of incidence to the atmosphere bounces the good UV rays off.