Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Bsi 2,091.3 -8.13 -.39%

As if it's needed, more evidence that our kids need to spend more time outside instead of in front of the television.
Researchers have discovered that African American children with asthma in metropolitan Washington, DC, are significantly more likely to have low levels of vitamin D than healthy African American children.

Vitamin D insufficiency is more prevalent among African Americans than other Americans and, in North America, most young, healthy blacks do not achieve optimal 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations at any time of year. Researchers say it is primarily due to the fact that pigmentation in their skin reduces the amount of vitamin D produced in the skin.

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Zoe Saldana

Sure, there's no racism in Hollywood, right?

“When they say ‘We want to go white,’ they have a very smooth way of saying it, and the recent one is the word traditional. [I've heard] ‘Oh, you know, you’re just not what we were looking for, your skin is a little darker.’ Compared to what?! My skin is just my skin. It’s dark if you compare it to someone who’s lighter.”


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Why Did I Get Married, Too


See what he did with the title?