I don't know about Australia, but the UK is having a big rickets problem because so many Africans and those from the subcontinent have emigrated there and there is not enough sun in the UK for their skin.

Can I talk about Vitamin D for a minute? Finally went to a doctor earlier this year (thanks Obamacare!) and overall I'm pretty healthy for a big tub of goo, but turns out I am Vitamin D deficient. Since I don't drink milk and I don't work in a cotton field with my shirt off, I've probably been deficient for quite some time. Vitamin D capsules are cheap, and now that I've been taking them, I've got much more energy, enough to sustain an exercise program for five months now. Even lost a respectable amount of weight, with more coming off a little at a time.

Sorry to hijack the conversation; I'll talk about burqas in a minute. But Vitamin D is useful, and it could be you need more.

I could be vitamin D deficient, as I don't get all that much sunlight (I've been working nights), and I have been feeling pretty lethargic lately. You say they give you energy? I'll take a look.

Standard Internet medical advice applies: see a doctor if you can (Obamacare makes preventative medicine more affordable these days), and try to look at informed sources.

Going to the doctor is for pussies, I will take my bottled dietary supplements like a MAN.

I'm masturbating to her subjugation and enslavement by the patriarchy, personally.

http://www.wholesomewear.com/page-4.html

I think this was posted upon the old POE years ago.

On some level, I actually think this is a good thing: if you don't want to feel like you're on display at the beach, you've got options. That's cool.

What bothers me is the whole religious repression angle of it. Over the years I've cultivated a healthy distrust of the word "wholesome", it tends to track with people who think they know what's good for you better than you do. They also prove to be reliably and breathtakingly off-target.

Or we could just require that all Righteous conservative Muslim and Christian men not be allowed out of the home without being on a leash, and put the country to work by hiring trog-walkers.