More reports about vitamin D deficiency.
Back in December, a report in the Times said that the ‘burqa is bad for your health.’
MUSLIM women who wear the burqa in Ireland are at increased risk of pelvic fractures during childbirth because of vitamin D deficiency due to a lack of sunlight, a consultant warns.
There have actually been a whole slew of these reports that have prompted ire in response from some Muslims, such as this Muslimah Media Watch blog post from February:
OH NOES! Hijab will make you sick!
The results of a new study on Arab women in Dearborn, Mich., have been released. The study revealed that women who wear “traditional clothing” (code word for hijab) are prone to lower levels of vitamin D because of less exposure to sunlight. Two articles on the study read like, “Oh noes! Those poor hijabis who get no sunlight will get so sick!” This recent study is just the latest in a line of studies on hijabis in various parts of the world which all have the same result: hijabis don’t get enough sunlight and hence don’t get enough vitamin D. We’re told of all the risks of not getting enough vitamin D: increased risk of cancer, diabetes, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and infections.
A new study released today shows that those with low levels of Vitamin D are 78 percent more likely to suffer strokes too.
It’s a miracle covered Muslim women don’t just fall to pieces walking down the street…
plimfix 12:39 am on November 17, 2009 Permalink |
I don’t go outside much. When I do, I am sometimes wearing shalwar kameez, largely because I have SID. And I generally cover up — in Summer, because I’m fair skinned and burn easily; and in other seasons, because I seem to feel the cold more than most. The result: lack of exposure to natural sunlight and severe Vitamin D difficiency. So the burqa thing makes sense, really. The news media obsession with this issue is something else – the media’s tendency to return to stories on particular Muslim issues is discussed by Elizabeth Poole.