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azhiker96
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Posted: 11/12/2006, 11:15 am Post subject: Another reason to hike. |
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Research is showing a connection between vitamin D and the immune response. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061111/bob9.asp
So, hiking gives us more UV exposure, more Vit. D, an thus revs up our immune system to fight off infections. Sounds good to me!
(As if I need another reason to take a hike.) _________________ It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. -- Carl Sagan |
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