Fourth, vitamin D only acts as a regulator of calcium and phosphorous in blood and bones. If there is not sufficient calcium in the diet, vitamin D alone won t help. And you cannot get calcium from the sun s rays. The report also fails to mention the harmful effects of sun s rays on our bodies that the modest Islamic dress protects us from. This includes sunburn, wrinkles, premature aging, and cancer.
Skin cancer is a much more deadly and much more prevalent disease than rickets.
While cases of rickets are rare, thousands of people die of skin cancer every year. In fact, in the UK, every 5 hours a person dies of skin cancer. In the USA, skin cancer takes a life every hour. With the relaxation in the standards of decency in the society, the rates have been climbing. In the USA, there has been an 1,800 percent rise in malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, since 1930.