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The Lager Queen of Minnesota | J. Ryan Stradal

Looking for something light and fun on this sunny Friday afternoon!
#thelagerqueenofminnesota #jryanstradal #vitamind

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GingerAntics

Red: A History of the Redhead | Jacky Colliss Harvey

@julesG MIND. BLOWN. I‘m down here in bloody Liberia (well, more like the Mediterranean Sea) and all my ancestors are from up in France, Ireland, Scotland, and Norway. No wonder we far prefer the climate in Minnesota and we don‘t mind Canada. My mind is absolutely blown.
#maps #mapmania #superimposed #vitaminD #health #sun #climate

GingerAntics @julesG I guess my 2nd/3rd grade German teacher did say Germany was SIMILAR to Minnesota. I suppose that fits with this. It‘s different, but not REALLY different. A little cooler. A little less daylight. 4y

julesG Lots of Germans emigrated to Minnesota. I think I have distant relatives there, too. My maternal great-grandmother's cousins emigrated about a hundred years ago. 4y

GingerAntics @julesG we sure do. We have a lot of people of German and even Scandinavian decent. I first started learning German in a little catholic school that‘s as an old German parish, started by German immigrants. I guess it‘s a slight step up for Germans and a massive step up for Scandinavian folks, from the looks of it. 4y

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Texreader This is so cool!! 4y

GingerAntics @Texreader I googled and figured I‘d get a table or something. This map is way better. No tables or numbers needed. I never knew I needed this map, but I totally did. lol 4y

ju.ca.no This is really cool! Still you have to keep in mind that european weather is much warmer then the US‘s because of the gulf stream😊 but especially cool to see the distances like that! 4y

GingerAntics @ju.ca.no I wasn‘t so much concerned with weather as I was with how much daylight each country got. It stemmed from a conversation about vitamin D, from the tagged book. I do know it‘s warmer than you‘d think from this map in the U.K. 4y

ju.ca.no @GingerAntics ah I see☺️ I didn‘t even think of that😅 (edited) 4y

GingerAntics @ju.ca.no 🤣 that‘s the trippy part of this book. It goes places you wouldn‘t imagin. Jules is in a Germany and she was saying she was on this huge prescription vitamin D supplement once when she said Germany gets less daylight then we do here, so I googled and found this map. It‘s mind blowing that Europe‘s weather is very similar to here, but it‘s so much further north. 4y

ju.ca.no @GingerAntics it‘s really interesting indeed! I never really thought of that! 4y

GingerAntics @ju.ca.no right? We really don‘t think of all the little ramifications of being a few extra degrees north, even if the weather is similar. I‘m sure someone, somewhere has done studies of all the weird ways 15 minutes less daylight can effect the human body. To think, for millennia people have survived in all these different places without vitamin supplements or even knowing about vitamins. The human body really is an amazing thing. 4y

GingerAntics @ju.ca.no the tagged book talks about this lost viking colony in Greenland I think, and how science now believes that they all died because of a severe deficiency of vitamin D causing their bodies to just shut down. It‘s an interesting thought. 4y

ju.ca.no @GingerAntics that is indeed an interesting thought! 🤔 4y

GingerAntics @ju.ca.no written well, that could be really interesting to read about. 4y

ju.ca.no @GingerAntics it‘s really an interesting thought! I work in a museum where we also deal with climate and such things, I might try to work it into our exhibition as I really think this is super interesting to know! 4y

GingerAntics @ju.co.no oh that would be cool as an exhibit piece in a museum. The different side effects of living in different climates, and how those climates compare to other areas at the same latitude. 4y

ju.ca.no @GingerAntics exactly! We already deal with side effects - but we don‘t compare it much to other areas yet, so this would totally work as an addition🤗 4y

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GingerAntics

Red: A History of the Redhead | Jacky Colliss Harvey

SEE!!! Pale skin is better. Everyone can shut up and stop telling me to “get some sun.”
#JackyCollissHarvey #Red #Ginger #redhead #pale #paleskin #vitaminD

julesG Well, you should still get some sun for the vitamin D, 30 minutes in natural daylight with your skin free of sunblock should do the trick. Don't get burnt, don't roast in the sun for a tan. I have pale skin, too (thank you, Scandinavian genes), but have learned that my MS is less active when I get sun as often as possible. Just looking out for you here. 😘 4y

Crazeedi My dr told me I should supplement with D since I have this complexion 4y

Crazeedi @julesG I've read that most people who live north of a certain latitude are vit D deficient 4y

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julesG @Crazeedi True, especially in winter. I had to supplement with 10.000 IU once a week for a year, now I have to take 1.000 IU per day. 4y

GingerAntics @Crazeedi it‘s easier for you to make it naturally, but in certain climates you still need to supplement. (edited) 4y

GingerAntics @julesG I generally don‘t use sunscreen because my skin is so sensitive, using it once has me broken out for weeks and putting it on top of that burns. I can get burned in as little as 5 minutes, depending on the sun. I walk everywhere, though, so as long as it‘s sunny, I‘m getting my vitamin D. 4y

GingerAntics @julesG holy mother that seems like such a lot of vitamin D. It‘s been so rainy here lately, I‘m beginning to wonder if I should start popping a few vitamin D tablets. 4y

julesG Don't forget, I live in an area that has fewer hours of sunlight all year round than where you live. You should be fine. 4y

GingerAntics @julesG Germany has less sun year round? No one ever told us that in all my years in German class. I just found this map that superimposes Europe and the US based on latitude. Germany, and the UK are all up in bloody Canada!!! Hungary, Austria and most of France are up around Minnesota (which has normal bloody weather. Wow, ya learn something every day. 4y

julesG See. And yet, I'm glad I don't live in the Scandinavian parts with little to no sun all winter. 4y

GingerAntics @julesG yeah, three hours of daylight, one hour of daylight, then in summer the sun comes up at like 3 am. I don‘t know how my ancestors did it. 4y

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CuriousG

Hag-Seed | Margaret Atwood

Have the chairs set up & it's time to read in the sunshine! #readingoutdoors #readoutside #thenaturefix #vitamind ☀📚☀

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