90 Per Cent Of The UAE Suffers From This Vit D Deficiency

[lexis]

UAE residents lack ‘Sunshine Vitamin’

 

[Such_Saturation]

They also get the least sleep in the world IIRC

 

[raypeatclips]

Possibly due to the rest of their diets being poor, nutritional deficiencies.

Ray Peat: The liver catalyzes the hydroxylation of cholecalciferol to 25-OH-colecalciferol, and many nutritional deficiencies can effect the liver's functions. I've known several liver-avoiders whose serum 25-OH-Vitamin D stays low despite big doses, and I suspect their general nutrition is responsible. It's reasonable to feed their liver optimally.

 

[Dhair]

Not sure how relevant this is, but I think there was some controversy about a doctor in England a while back who told a Muslim woman that she was suffering from health problems due to a vitamin D deficiency because she was wearing a hijab or burka.

 

[Sepulchrave]

Poorly paid wage slaves from south-asia do all the work while the arabs sit indoors with air conditioning on. They also tend to avoid the sun because being darker skinned is looked down upon in their society.

 

[Ideonaut]

UAE residents lack ‘Sunshine Vitamin’

The world epidemic of sleep disorders is linked to vitamin D deficiency. - PubMed - NCBI poor sleep linked to lack of vit D.