Thread by @LaBeautyologist, So. Speaking of SPF and Vitamin D and black people:I read a [...]

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So. Speaking of SPF and Vitamin D and black people:

I read a study from 2013 that noted that Black people store vitamin D differently than the way white people store vitamin D because of our skin color (melanin) and biological heritage (UV intense areas of the globe)

Here’s the article:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/11/20/246393329/how-a-vitamin-d-test-misdiagnosed-african-americans

Essentially is saying that vitamin D test misdiagnose Black people.

And here’s the study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030388/

Vitamin D–Binding Protein and Vitamin D Status of Black Americans and White Americans

Low levels of total 25-hydroxyvitamin D are common among black Americans. Vitamin D–binding protein has not been considered in the assessment of vitamin D deficiency.In the Healthy Aging in Neighbo...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/11/20/246393329/how-a-vitamin-d-test-misdiagnosed-african-americans

But every time I ask a dermatologist about this no one knows what I’m talking.

I have a whole folder worth of links and studies and articles but it’s all inconclusive and all points to some type of testing error. The discrepancies are glaring.

Just another problem with medical racism and the complete disregard of how Black bodies function differently.

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