Dnia 2008-05-06 Tom Anderson napisa³(a):
> On Tue, 6 May 2008, Omelet wrote:
>
>> In article > ,
>> Tom Anderson > wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 5 May 2008, (David P.) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tom Anderson > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> #2 was about how keeping milk in a transparent container leaves it
>>>>> vulnerable to light. If the author hasn't realised that the light goes
>>>>> off when you close the fridge door, ...
>>>>
>>>> Don't you think they were referring to when the container is left out on
>>>> the table during the meal, exposed to light?
>>>
>>> No, actually, i think it was referring to storing dry foods in transparent
>>> containers on the worktop. After the initial mention of milk, that's what
>>> the article talks about.
>>>
>>> I do think this is all hokum, though.
>>
>> No, it's not. especially if you use fluorescent fixtures or bulbs like
>> many do now. There is more UV and it DOES influence some vitamin
>> content.
>
> You show me someone who's got rickets because fluorescent lights destroyed
> the vitamin D in their milk,

They should get a suntan first, and it so happens, that vitamin D is
synthesized in the skin, so IF fluorescent light destroys vit D in the
milk, it will synthesize it in your skin.

What a bunch of concentrated nonsense, but funny.

> or a population in which the frequency of
> rickets, or any other malnutrition disorder, has increased because of the
> use of fluorescent lights, and i'll take my statement back.
>
> Until then, i maintain that it's hokum.

Of course it is, but mainly because UV is absorbed by normal glass.

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