I just came across an old claim that was being made by anti-Islamic people years ago. This claim was yet another attack on the Islamic veil (hijab) for Muslim women made by the kaafir (infidels). I’m sure everyone has heard the claims of the enemies of Islam who claim the veil (hijab) is allegedly “oppressive”; when in reality it guards the dignity and purity of the Muslim women from bad men. The hijab was worn by Mary
the mother of Prophet Jesus and is still worn by Catholic nuns till this day as well! Well another claim these enemies of Islam made in the past was that the hijab allegedly prevented Muslim women from obtaining “enough sunlight” thus allegedly making them more susceptible to Vitamin D deficiency. This claim was discussed and refuted here: http://www.shiachat....d-muslim-women/Also these two links from Saudi Arabian websites refuted the claims of the anti-Islamic liars: http://www.saudigaze...D=2010012561279 and http://islam-qa.com/.../hijab%20health
I wanted to add a crucial piece of information that I found from an American medical website; showing how the hijab not only protects Muslim women from indecent men but also actually is extremely healthy for the Muslim women as it protects them from the very dangerous UV rays of the sun which is the cause of the deadly disease of skin cancer. I will now quote professional research done by The Skin Cancer Foundation. Whose website states; http://www.skincancer.org/: Quote- “The Skin Cancer Foundation is the leading skin cancer prevention organization. We have doctor-approved information and sun-safety instructions.” end quote. The Skin Cancer Foundation states on the issues of Vitamin D, proving that Muslim women in the hijab are actually healthier then non-Muslim women who do not wear a veil in sunny conditions. http://www.skincancer.org/Vitamin-D/
Quote- Vitamin D is essential for strong bones and a healthy immune system. While a limited amount of vitamin D can be obtained from exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the health risks of UV exposure — including skin cancer — are great. Instead, The Skin Cancer Foundation suggests you get your recommended daily 600 IU (international units) of vitamin D a day from food sources like oily fish, fortified dairy products and cereals, and supplements. Read on to learn more about the best way to get your vitamin D.
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The Foundation cautions the public against intentional exposure to natural sunlight or artificial UV radiation (tanning beds) as a means of obtaining vitamin D, since the health risks of UV exposure — including skin cancer and premature skin aging — are significant and well proven.
end quote.
The Skin Cancer Foundation also states: http://www.skincance...-d-dilemma.html
Quote- People are at greater risk for these diseases, they say, because dermatologists have scared them out of the sun. Since skin manufactures vitamin D in response to ultraviolet (UV) light, they explain, the simple solution to the deficiency is 5-10 minutes of unprotected UV exposure from the sun or tanning machines two or three times a week.
Most dermatologists and cancer groups, including The Skin Cancer Foundation, have argued strongly against this "solution," since all unprotected UV exposure contributes to cumulative skin damage, accelerating aging and increasing our lifetime risk of skin cancer. And a new analysis from the Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, supports this stance.
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However, they pointed out that UV is an officially recognized environmental carcinogen. There has been "a near epidemic" of skin cancers, they say, with more than 1.3 million diagnosed yearly in the U.S.— and the cause of most is sun exposure.
As for the advocates of unprotected sun exposure, Drs. Wolpowitz and Gilchrest say the studies supporting them are of "variable quality" and merely "observational": The data generally link mortality from colon, breast, and prostate cancer in specific regions with the amounts of UV in those regions. Such studies may be confounded by climatic factors such as pollution, variations in population genetics (such as darker- or lighter-skinned populations), and cultural or lifestyle factors (such as socioeconomic status and diet). The studies cannot directly correlate disease with individual sun exposure, and "cannot establish that solar exposure decreases incidence or mortality from these cancers."
In contrast, research ranging from animal studies and surveys to large population studies and human DNA studies has strongly established the connection between sun exposure and skin cancer. Sun exposure also causes wrinkles, brown spots, leathering and sagging. Drs. Wolpowitz and Gilchrest further note that very small amounts of sun exposure provide all the vitamin D the body can manufacture. Even when you wear sunscreen, some UV reaches the skin, and this may be plenty, at least for fair-skinned individuals. "Greater exposure adds nothing to vitamin D stores, while increasing DNA damage in a linear fashion," they add. The authors conclude, "The tradeoff of vitamin D production today for photoaging and skin cancer decades hence may have made sense millennia ago, when life expectancy was 40 years or less, but it's a poor exchange when life expectancy has doubled, skin rejuvenation is a $35 billion/year industry, and one in three Caucasians develops skin cancer."
Fortunately, Drs. Wolpowitz and Gilchrest point out, there are "effective and almost effortless" noncarcinogenic alternatives-vitamin D-fortified foods and/or dietary supplements. James Spencer, MD, clinical professor of dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, concurs. If you want more vitamin D, he says, you can obtain all you need from your diet. "Drink vitamin D-fortified orange juice or milk or other enriched products. Eat salmon and other fatty fish. Or take a daily multivitamin containing 600 units of vitamin D. It's so easy. And it's a lot safer than lying in the sun or climbing undressed into a tanning booth and frying your whole body."
end quote.
The American Cancer Society (at http://www.cancer.org/) tells us about just how dangerous skin cancer caused by the damaging UV rays of the sun is: http://www.cancer.or...in-cancer-facts
Quote- “Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers. It accounts for nearly half of all cancers in the United States. More than 2 million cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are found in this country each year. Melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, will account for about 68,130 cases of skin cancer in 2010.”
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Can skin cancer be prevented?
The best ways to lower the risk of non-melanoma skin cancer are to avoid intense sunlight for long periods of time and to practice sun safety. You can continue to exercise and enjoy the outdoors while practicing sun safety at the same time. Here are some ways you can do this:
• Avoid the sun between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
end quote.
With this in mind The Skin Cancer Foundation explains the sun’s UV rays and the dangers associated with them: http://www.skincance...va-and-uvb.html. So I think we can see quite clearly that the sun is very dangerous and its rays and radiation causes the very deadly disease of skin cancer that kills tons and tons of people yearly. These anti-Islam fools really have no case and should actually promote the hijab as it protects women from the sun’s deadly skin cancer causing rays.
All men and women (both Muslim and non-Muslim; hijab wearing or non-hijab wearing) should make sure to get enough of all their essential vitamins including Vitamin D; but this can easily be done simply by eating Vitamin D fortified foods like fortified diary products (milk), oily fish, and cereals; or by also taking Vitamin D supplements. For example 2% Milk sold in the United States contains 25% of your needed Vitamin D amounts daily per 8 fluid ounce glass. So someone just needs to drink four 8 fluid ounce glasses of 2% milk daily and they will have achieved all their needed daily levels of Vitamin D. The sun is not the proper source as The Skin Cancer Foundation once again states: http://www.skincancer.org/Vitamin-D/
Quote- While a limited amount of vitamin D can be obtained from exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the health risks of UV exposure — including skin cancer — are great. Instead, The Skin Cancer Foundation suggests you get your recommended daily 600 IU (international units) of vitamin D a day from food sources like oily fish, fortified dairy products and cereals, and supplements. Read on to learn more about the best way to get your vitamin D.
end quote.
http://www.skincance...-d-dilemma.html
Quote- Fortunately, Drs. Wolpowitz and Gilchrest point out, there are "effective and almost effortless" noncarcinogenic alternatives-vitamin D-fortified foods and/or dietary supplements. James Spencer, MD, clinical professor of dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, concurs. If you want more vitamin D, he says, you can obtain all you need from your diet. "Drink vitamin D-fortified orange juice or milk or other enriched products. Eat salmon and other fatty fish. Or take a daily multivitamin containing 600 units of vitamin D. It's so easy. And it's a lot safer than lying in the sun or climbing undressed into a tanning booth and frying your whole body."
end quote.
Also some last closing points. Muslim women are required to wear the protective, blessed Islamic hijab: http://www.islam-qa....ref/13998/hijab. But Muslim women are allowed to be outside without their hijab as long as they are protected from the view of non-Mahram men (that is men they are not related to or married to). We read from the Islamic scholarly source: http://islam-qa.com/.../hijab%20health that Muslim women can be exposed to the sun in a protected environment, but again it should be noted that nobody needs much sun exposure as the sun’s damaging UV rays cause skin cancer and we can easily get all our needed Vitamin D from healthy food (like oily fish, milk, diary products, Vitamin D fortified cereals) and Vitamin D supplements. Again the Islamic source states: http://islam-qa.com/.../hijab%20health: “and by exposure to the sun in a place where there are no non-mahram men, such as exposure to the sun through windows, on the roof of the house, in remote parks, and so on.” The health problem of osteoporosis (that anti-Islamic fools try to claim wearing the hijab might allegedly "increase") is actually caused by many different health issues, and Vitamin D deficiency is actually not the most serious issue causing weak bones (i.e. osteoporosis); putting aside the fact that skin cancer is far more dangerous! The most common cause of osteoporosis is simply old age, especially in women. The main cause of osteoporosis in women is estrogen deficiency in post menopausal women. The following link explains this: http://jdr.sagepub.c...t/85/7/584.full
Quote-Although most patients suffering from osteoporosis are post-menopausal women exhibiting loss of estrogen, elderly men also develop primary osteoporosis. Women exhibit two phases of age-related bone loss: The first starts at menopause, predominantly in trabecular bone, is caused by estrogen deficiency, and results in a disproportionate increase in bone resorption as compared with formation. When this phase peaks after 4–8 years, the second phase starts, exhibiting a persistent, slower loss of both trabecular and cortical bone, and is mainly a result of decreased bone formation.
end quote.
This completely refutes the lying claims of the anti-Islamic fools against the beautiful Islamic hijab, also it should simply be stated the hijab does not cover the whole face and the skin of Muslim women certainly is exposed to some amounts of sun (which is better as again too much sun exposure causes skin cancer).
http://www.skincance...-d-dilemma.html
http://www.skincancer.org/Vitamin-D/
http://www.skincance...n-Cancer-Facts/
Quote- Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. More than 3.5 million skin cancers in over two million people are diagnosed annually.1
end quote.
http://www.gawaher.c...ic=730913.html
http://www.sunniforu...hp/t-23579.html
http://www.saudigaze...D=2010012561279
http://islam-qa.com/.../hijab%20health
http://www.islam-qa....ref/13998/hijab
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Another side point, of course with that fact that exposure to the sun's UV rays again causes deadly skin cancer, is that research has shown that Asian people in general tend to have a slightly higher rate of Vitamin D deficiency. Note that this includes all Asians, the majority of which likely are non-Muslims who do not even wear hijab. Real unbiased researchers think this anomaly likely is related to diet. In the Arab context many bedouins eat a significant amount of the bread food chapati.
Quote- Results: Plasma vitamin D values are lower in the three groups of Asian children than values reported for children of a similar age in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey. Between one third and a half of children with a low haemoglobin also had low plasma vitamin D values; there was a significant association between failure to take a vitamin supplement, chapati consumption and low vitamin D values.
end quote.
Chapati for some reason inhibits absorption of Vitamin D, an important and interesting point, this has nothing to do with hijab. It should be noted that Indian people (including Hindus) also eat this type of food. Also see the following among Americans! http://www.saudigaze...D=2010012561279
Quote- Studies however have also shown something else: 54% of black and 42% of white childbearing women in the Northern US were found with insufficient vitamin D levels.
Unless it is believed that such a large percentage of North Americans are good Hijabis who cover themselves up completely, the accusation falls flat.
Dr. Abdul Majid Katme of the Islamic Medical Association in Britain said, “This is a common fallacy among the people of the West. It is a medical fact that diet is the main cause of vitamin D deficiency among some Asians, and not lack of exposure to the sun. We Muslims who live in the East and Asia are exposed to the sun all the time and our houses, yards and private gardens are full of sunshine.” (Q-News, 1995)
end quote.
Again all one needs to do to get adequate Vitamin D is eat food rich in Vitamin D (milk, Vitamin D fortified cereals, oily fish, etc.) and it is good advice to take a Vitamin D supplement if necessary. Sun exposure is again not recommended as it is known to cause skin cancer.
http://www.skincancer.org/Vitamin-D/
Quote- Vitamin D is essential for strong bones and a healthy immune system. While a limited amount of vitamin D can be obtained from exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the health risks of UV exposure — including skin cancer — are great. Instead, The Skin Cancer Foundation suggests you get your recommended daily 600 IU (international units) of vitamin D a day from food sources like oily fish, fortified dairy products and cereals, and supplements. Read on to learn more about the best way to get your vitamin D.
end quote.
http://www.skincance...-d-dilemma.html
Quote- Most dermatologists and cancer groups, including The Skin Cancer Foundation, have argued strongly against this "solution," since all unprotected UV exposure contributes to cumulative skin damage, accelerating aging and increasing our lifetime risk of skin cancer. And a new analysis from the Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, supports this stance.
The authors, Deon Wolpowitz, MD, PhD, and Barbara A. Gilchrest, MD, reviewed massive research on vitamin D and sun exposure. They found that in regions where people have greater sun exposure, fewer cases of colon cancer occur (presumably because of sun-induced vitamin D), and fewer deaths occur from colon, breast, and prostate cancers. However, they pointed out that UV is an officially recognized environmental carcinogen. There has been "a near epidemic" of skin cancers, they say, with more than 1.3 million diagnosed yearly in the U.S.— and the cause of most is sun exposure.
As for the advocates of unprotected sun exposure, Drs. Wolpowitz and Gilchrest say the studies supporting them are of "variable quality" and merely "observational": The data generally link mortality from colon, breast, and prostate cancer in specific regions with the amounts of UV in those regions. Such studies may be confounded by climatic factors such as pollution, variations in population genetics (such as darker- or lighter-skinned populations), and cultural or lifestyle factors (such as socioeconomic status and diet). The studies cannot directly correlate disease with individual sun exposure, and "cannot establish that solar exposure decreases incidence or mortality from these cancers."
In contrast, research ranging from animal studies and surveys to large population studies and human DNA studies has strongly established the connection between sun exposure and skin cancer. Sun exposure also causes wrinkles, brown spots, leathering and sagging. Drs. Wolpowitz and Gilchrest further note that very small amounts of sun exposure provide all the vitamin D the body can manufacture. Even when you wear sunscreen, some UV reaches the skin, and this may be plenty, at least for fair-skinned individuals. "Greater exposure adds nothing to vitamin D stores, while increasing DNA damage in a linear fashion," they add. The authors conclude, "The tradeoff of vitamin D production today for photoaging and skin cancer decades hence may have made sense millennia ago, when life expectancy was 40 years or less, but it's a poor exchange when life expectancy has doubled, skin rejuvenation is a $35 billion/year industry, and one in three Caucasians develops skin cancer."
Fortunately, Drs. Wolpowitz and Gilchrest point out, there are "effective and almost effortless" noncarcinogenic alternatives-vitamin D-fortified foods and/or dietary supplements. James Spencer, MD, clinical professor of dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, concurs. If you want more vitamin D, he says, you can obtain all you need from your diet. "Drink vitamin D-fortified orange juice or milk or other enriched products. Eat salmon and other fatty fish. Or take a daily multivitamin containing 600 units of vitamin D. It's so easy. And it's a lot safer than lying in the sun or climbing undressed into a tanning booth and frying your whole body."
end quote.
http://www.skincance...n-Cancer-Facts/
Quote- Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. More than 3.5 million skin cancers in over two million people are diagnosed annually.1
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1. Rogers, HW, Weinstock, MA, Harris, AR, et al. Incidence estimate of nonmelanoma skin cancer in the United States, 2006. Arch Dermatol 2010; 146(3):283-287.
end quote.
Again this:
Not this:
Which causes skin cancer:
Foods with lots of Vitamin D, that give you nearly your total daily amounted recommended!
A fortified cereal with Vitamin D, Lucky Charms Cereal:
Also a good Vitamin D supplement (you don't want to get skin cancer from the sun's deadly UV rays)!
Interesting video, proving my point see 3:11 stay covered up!
Another interesting video from CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta on the massive epidemic of deadly skin cancer in the United States; link: http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded
Again:
http://www.skincancer.org/Vitamin-D/
http://nutritiondata...ml?maxCount=165 Cereals with Vitamin D
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