Low Levels of Vitamin D Have Been Linked to Seasonal

question 18

Multiple Choice

Low levels of vitamin D have been linked to seasonal affective disorder,a condition that leads to depression in the winter.Would you expect dark-skinned people to be more or less prone to seasonal affective disorder?

• A) Dark-skinned people are probably less likely to have this disorder because they tend to eat foods that are higher in vitamin D.
• B) Dark-skinned people are probably less likely to have this disorder because they have evolved enzymes that are more efficient at producing vitamin D.
• C) Dark-skinned people are probably more likely to have this disorder as the pigments in their skin block out the sunlight needed to make vitamin D.
• D) Dark-skinned people are probably more likely to have this disorder because the pigments in their skin allow sunlight to pass and destroy vitamin D that has been obtained through diet.

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