>And now, Axel, comments:

>So, would this mean that animal products are a must for anybody living
>anywhere, or there are vegan natural sources of vitamin D available? I know
>for example that the milk had way too much vitamin D added, but don't
>remember what the source of it was.

Tom:
>From "Health & Beyond", April 1994, interview with Dr. Stanley Bass:
(pg  90): "To live on an all-raw diet of fruits, nuts, and vegetables,
eventually one would run into B12 and Vitamin D deficiencies...I would recommend
occasional use of B12 and Vitamin D, say once a week in tablet, capsules, or
Brewers yeast form for safety and protection.
(pg 94): So the big problem I found in a diet of pure vegetarianism, as
indicated in [Weston] Price's 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration' was that
in order to have healthy animals, like healthy humans, you had to have the
B12 and the Vitamin D for the bones to develop properly. And he said that you
could not get the Vitamin D from the sun if you didn't get any from the food.
In other words, the sun itself would not be sufficient to take care of the
Vitamin D factor. You had to have some source that would have it, some food
source...So I'd say Weston Price's experiences were borne out almost perfectly
with my four years of research with mice."

My interpretation of the above is that one needs Vitamin D - from food, or
supplement; that sunlight alone is not adequate. You might agree or disagree
with Dr. Bass and Weston Price - that's your decision.

Tom Billings
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