Thursday, January 9, 2014

YUM>>>Cod liver oil

Pale skin was a genetic aberation that began 10 thousand years ago. So why did it spread in certain populations? Because of the high rate of maternal deaths from ricketts: if you had pale skin, you absorbed more vitamin D. (The Eskimos ate seals and certain fishes whose oil contained the vitamin   or ate cod...the story of cod liver oil and rickets prevention here. ).

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