Dear colleagues,
A Christmas poser....
If animals are covered in fur how do they make
Vitamin D?
Could this explain why dogsand cats rarely live
into their 20s?
Seriously though, I have read that they
synthesise Vit D in their fur (which is absorbed when they are groomed?) but if
this is true how come humans don't synthesise Vit D in hair if we are descended
from the apes?
Happy Christmas!
Sean Maguire
Mater Hospital,
Dublin.