Right answer, wrong question

How can I reduce my risk of skin cancer? Don't expose yourself to the Sun or tanning beds.

This is the correct answer to the wrong question.

The right question is: How can I reduce my risk of dying?

The answer is: Expose yourself to the Sun or tanning beds for about 15 minutes at least once a week because it will produce Vitamin D and Vitamin D will reduce your risk of dying of cardiovascular diseases and other cancers.

Or take a Vitamin D supplement. People seem terrified of overdosing, but that is very difficult to do. What is in a pill does not come near to the amount produced by going to the beach, and there is no risk of skin cancer. I like sardines and yard work.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/suntan-warnings-causing-deficiency-in-vitamin-d-552103.html

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-sci-vitamind1-2009aug01,0,1740936,full.story

The 1,000 iu is reasonable.

http://www.vitaminworld.com/pages/categories.asp?cid=636&xs=EBF6CC88D1BF4E658D902DF5AB07F9F4&searchterm=vitamin%20d&rdcnt=1