SAD? SW Scotland? Vitamin D?
The Libyan sojourn earlier this year means that now, nearly three months after my return, the rain is still something of a novelty. Just as well, given the SW Scotland climate - which is noticeably much wetter than it was in NE England: you understand the meaning of rain shadow when you move from one to the other. Maybe that's why Glasgow and environs have such poor health . It's a vitamin D deficiency, and all those lectures from middle-class people in Islington about diet (based on the deeply rooted belief that everyone here is munching deep fried Mars bars all day long), were misplaced. Incidentally, I notice that the BBC's "news" story looks as if it has been based on a 2006 paper , (you can't get it without Athens or a payment, but there is a less detailed open-access article on the same subject by the same author, Oliver Gillie, here ). There's the whole SAD thing to consider , too. I don't think Gillie mentions happy-lamps. You can buy Vit...