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Old 08-02-04, 12:57 PM   #1
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UV question

I just thought of something ( I would personally never try it) but if chams get D3 from the UV then if you just got calcium and D3 supplement that would you need a uv source. Again I would never try it but im curios.
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Old 08-02-04, 01:38 PM   #2
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Technically yes but too much dietary D3 can easily lead to vitamin D-intoxification while too much UVB can not because the skin has mechanisms to shift to the production to inert photoproducts.

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Ya it would probably end up being more of a hasle then just having the uvb lights lol.
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