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Many Muslim women wear the niqab or burqa, complying with the rules of the Quran (see Quran 33:59, for example).  Our debate question: has their compliance led to inadequate acquisition of vitamin D from sunlight throughout the centuries?

1/21/2016

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Covering all of the skin (through wearing a burqa or niqab) inhibits one from absorbing Vitamin D from sunlight, and an inadequate amount of Vitamin D is associated with the diseases, rickets, and osteomalacia, which can lead to soft bones and skeletal deformities.  From the journal article, Vitamin D status and determinants of deficiency among non-pregnant Jordanian women of reproductive age, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2012 Jun;66(6):751-6 we read these reported results: "Results showed 60.3% (95% CI: 57.1-63.4%) deficiency (<12 ng/ml) and 95.7% (95% CI: 94.4-96.8%) insufficiency (<20 ng/ml) among women. Prevalence of deficiency was 1.60 times higher for women who covered with a scarf/hijab (95% CI: 1.06-2.40, P = 0.024) and 1.87 times higher for women who wore full cover, or a niqab (95% CI: 1.20-2.93, P = 0.006), compared with the women who did not wear a scarf/hijab or niqab" [emphasis added].
In summary, then, can we all agree that -- as this link indicates --> Burkas ‘are bad for your health’ ?
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Herman
11/28/2017 08:35:02 am

Do see also the article: "Middle Eastern women may have vitamin D deficiency" (2007) found here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-middle-deficiency/middle-eastern-women-may-have-vitamin-d-deficiency-idUSHAR56610220070625
From this article: "As reported in the June issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Saadi and colleagues at the United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, studied vitamin D levels in 90 women who were breastfeeding and 88 women who had never given birth. Many dressed to cover their whole bodies, including their hands and faces, while outside of their homes.

[ONLY TWO [OF THE 178 WOMEN], one in each group, WERE NOT VITAMIN D DEFICIENT at study."

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