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Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .Compiled and posted byR. Gopala krishnan, on 27-10-2023 Q1 What types of people are at risk forvitamin D deficiencies? A1 Dr. Benjamin McLean, Doctor ofMedicine at Mater Private Hospital, Brisbane (2015–present)Oct 22 As a Doctorof Medicine, I can provide you with a detailed answer on the types of peoplewho are at risk for vitamin D deficiencies. Vitamin D is a crucial nutrient that plays a vitalrole in maintaining overall health. It isessential for the absorption of calcium and phosphorus in the body, which arenecessary for strong bones and teeth. Vitamin D also has other important functions, includingsupporting the immune system, muscle function, and cell growth. Thereare several factors that can increase the risk of vitamin D deficiency, andI'll discuss them in detail below: 1. Inadequate Sun Exposure: Vitamin D is oftenreferred to as the "sunshine vitamin" because the skin can produce it when exposedto sunlight. People who spend little time outdoors, live in regions withlimited sunlight, or have lifestyles that keep them indoors most of the timeare at risk of vitamin D deficiency. This is especially true for individuals innorthern latitudes or during the winter months when sunlight is less intense. 2. Darker Skin Tones: Melanin, the pigmentresponsible for skin color, reduces the skin's ability to produce vitamin D inresponse to sunlight. As a result, individuals with darker skin tones requiremore sun exposure to produce the same amount of vitamin D as those with lighterskin. This places people with darker skin at higher risk for vitamin Ddeficiency. 3. Aging: Aspeople age, the skin's ability to synthesize vitamin D from sunlight decreases.Older adults may also spend more time indoors or have limited mobility, furtherincreasing their risk of deficiency. 4. Obesity: Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin,which means it can be stored in adiposetissue (body fat). Individuals with obesity may have lower bioavailability ofvitamin D because the vitamin is sequestered in fat cells, making it lessavailable for use in the body. 5. Inadequate Dietary Intake: While it'spossible to get vitamin D from food sourcessuch as fatty fish, fortified dairy products, and supplements, some people havedietary habits that do not provide enough of this essential nutrient. This isparticularly relevant for individuals who follow strict vegetarian or vegandiets. 6.Malabsorption Disorders: Certain medical conditions, such as celiac disease,Crohn's disease, and irritable bowel syndrome, can affect theabsorption of fat-soluble vitamins, including vitamin D. People with theseconditions are at increased risk of deficiency. 7. Kidney and Liver Disorders: Theconversion of vitamin D into its active form occurs primarily in the kidneysand liver. Individuals with kidney or liver disorders may have impairedconversion and utilization of vitamin D, which can lead to deficiency. 8. Medications: Some medications, like certainanticonvulsants, glucocorticoids, and weight-loss medications, can interferewith vitamin D metabolism or absorption, increasing the risk of deficiency. 9. Limited Sunscreen Use: While it's essentialto protect the skin from harmful UVradiation, excessive and prolonged use of sunscreen with a high sun protectionfactor (SPF) can block the skin's ability to produce vitamin D. People whodiligently use sunscreen or cover their skin may be at risk. 10. Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: Womenwho are pregnant or breastfeeding have higher vitamin D requirements, and adeficiency in this group can affect both the mother and the developing child. 11. Geographic Location: Thoseliving at higher latitudes with limited sunlight during certain seasons are ata greater risk of vitamin D deficiency, as theangle of the sun in the sky can affect the skin's ability to produce vitamin D. 12. Chronic Illness: People with chronicillnesses, such asdiabetes, autoimmune diseases, and HIV, may be at an increased risk of vitamin Ddeficiency due to the inflammatory processes associated with these conditions. If yoususpect you may be at risk for vitamin D deficiency, it'simportant to consult with a healthcare professional for appropriate testing andguidance. They can recommend dietary changes, supplements, or otherinterventions to address your specific needs and help prevent the potentialhealth consequences of vitamin D deficiency. Q2 What are some good stories from theepic Mahabharata that should be known by everyone but aren't much famous? A2 Amit Nishad, Clerk at The Institute ofCompany Secretaries of India (ICSI) (2023–present)5h Here are 5 such stories of Mahabharata which youwill never hear. You must know about these stories………………. 1.Dronacharya can be considered as India's firsttest tube baby. This story is also quite interesting. Dronacharya's father wasMaharishi Bhardwaj and his mother was an Apsara. Actually, one evening whenBhardwaj went to take bath in Ganga, he saw an Apsara bathing there. Seeing herbeauty, the sage was mesmerized and sperm came out from her body, which thesage collected in an earthen pot and kept in the dark. From this Dronacharyawas born. 2.When Pandavas' father Pandu was about to die,he asked his sons to eat his brain to become wise and gain knowledge. Only Sahadev fulfilled his wish and ate his brain.On eating for the first time, he got information about the things that havehappened in the world. Oneating it for the second time, he learned about the things happening in the presentand on eating it for the third time, he got information about what is going tohappen in the future. 3.The stories of friendship between Karna andDuryodhana are quite famous. Karna and Duryodhana's wife were once playingchess. Karna waswinning in this game when Bhanumati saw Duryodhana coming and tried to standup. Karna didnot know about Duryodhana's arrival. Therefore, as soon as Bhanumati tried toget up, Karna tried to catch her.Instead of Bhanumati, her pearl necklace cameinto his hand and it broke. Duryodhana had come into the room by then. SeeingDuryodhana, both Bhanumati and Karna got scared that Duryodhana might suspectsomething wrong. But Duryodhana had great faith in Karna. He just said to pickup the pearls. 4.Abhimanyu's wife Vatsala was the daughter ofBalram. Balram wanted Vatsala to marry Duryodhana's son Lakshman. Vatsala and Abhimanyu loved each other.Abhimanyu takes help of Ghatotkacha to get Vatsala. Ghatotkacha frightenedLakshman so much that he swore that he would not marry for the rest of hislife. 5.Arjun's son Iravan sacrificed himself for hisfather's victory. His last wish beforesacrificing himself was to get married before dying. But no girl was ready for this marriage because herhusband was to die soon after the marriage. In this situation, Lord Krishna took the form ofMohini and not only married Iravan but also cried like a wife while biddingfarewell to him. My note- Thislegend is new to me Q4 Can a herbivorous animal ever befriends with a carnivore? A4 Gary Meaney, author of Zoology'sGreatest Mystery (2022)Sep 29 It hashappened before, in a way. Inthe arid thickets of Northern Kenya, there was a majestic lioness who came tobe known as Kamunyak. In the language of the local Samburu people, thename means “Blessed One”. Indeed, perhaps she was blessed with a spirit of compassion rarely seen inother lions. In 2002, Kamunyak was seen doing something extraordinary. Sherested with a young Beisa oryx, a frail calf who must have been separated fromits herd. She hadn’t killed it- it was very much alive. Nor was she keeping it around so she coulddispatch it later. As the days went on, safarigoerswitnessed Kamunyak fiercely protect the calf from predators - even other lions.Tragically, her effortscould only prevent so much. A couple of weeks after the “adoption” occurred,the baby was eaten by a lion, one with a more typical killer instinct. On its own,this case is a quirky footnote in the annals of ethology, but what makes thingsmuch more significant and interesting is the fact that this was far from thelast time it happened. Before long, our Blessed One hadadopted again. This times, however, she was much more aggressive in acquiringthe baby, who was under the watchful eye of its birth parents. She ran intothe herd and scared off the adults, before snatching the baby, dragging it byits umbilical cord to her lair. Here, once again, she simply lay down with the new companion,and loyally defended it from any creature that came in the hopes of eating it.By now, she was attracting hordes of tourists to the national park, and thekeen attention of many a zoologist. There is, of course, one problem with this otherwisecharming relationship - oryxes do not eat meat.It soon became clear that the calf was starving and becoming emaciated, so therangers deemed it time to intervene. They rescued the baby and returned it to its herd. This did notdiscourage Kamunyak. She adopted an oryx, again… and again… and again. Yes - over the course of a year, the lioness adoptedsome five newborn Beisa oryxes. The firsttime, researchers generally dismissed the phenomenon as a weird behaviouralfluke, a byproduct of the hormones of youth. As it kepthappening, however, it became clear that Kamunyak and her instincts weredifferent. Just as sheinadvertently starved her adoptees, her adoptees came to starve her. Onnumerous occasions, a companion calf would “blow her cover” as she talked aherd of prey animals and squander her chances of getting a meal. Lionsgenerally succeed in only a sixth of their hunts as it is, so every attemptruined is a catastrophic blow to chances of survival. You might have noticedthat Kamunyak is quite gaunt in the photos above.Perhaps this is the reason that the Blessed One’s last everoryx befell such an unexpected fate. In October, she was caring for herfifth. Her first had been killed by another lion, and her second and third hadbeen rescued by park rangers. When the rangers got wind of this calf, however,they had a change of heart. They decided to let nature take its course and justobserve from the sidelines. The days went by, and of course the oryx wentwithout its mother’s milk, its condition getting worse and worse before itultimately starved. The death of the calf seemed to elicit a change inKamunyak. To the shock of the rangers watching, she ate it.After that, she never adopted again, and her behaviourwas indistinguishable from that of a regular lioness. Kamunyak was last seen in 2004. It is fairlycertain that she is no longer with us, buther extraordinary life made waves through the world of animal ethology. Incases like these, nuance is key, I think. It’s important not toanthropomorphise animals and assign them human-like emotions, but it is equallyimportant not to reduce them to simple machines hardwired with basicprogramming. It may be impossible to know why she seemed to act with suchaltruism, but her story sure is thought-provoking. Perhaps it was a quirk of the maternal instinct.In 2018, a similar incident wasobserved in Namibia’s Etosha National Park, in which a lioness groomed, caredfor and protected a tiny springbok lamb. Not long before this, her cubs weretragically killed by rival lions. Did she adopt the lamb to fill the void? An even more complex case comes from Uganda in2012, when a different lioness seemed toadopt a baby Ugandan kob. It sounds heartwarming at first, until one learnsthat this was immediately after the big cat killed and ate its mother. Ifthere’s one thing for sure, it’s that the natural world and our ideas ofmorality rarely align. I’d love to hear what you guys think about allthis, it’s a fascinating topic. Moreover, I hopeyou enjoyed the answer, thank you so much for reading! Have an amazing day. Q4 What are some uncommon names of thingsyou know? A4 Dark Psychology Facts,Answered byHafizSuboor, Updated Wed The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow. Finding itdifficult to get out of bed in the morning is called dysania. The spacebetween your nostrils is called columella nasi. The space between your eyebrows is called a glabella. The armholein clothes, where the sleeves are sewn, is called armscye. The way itsmells after it rains is called petrichor. Your littletoe or finger is called the minimus. The plasticor metallic coating at the end of your shoelaces is called an aglet. The 'na na na' and 'la la la', which don't reallyhave any meaning in the lyrics of any song, are called vocables. When yourstomach rumbles, that's a wamble. The dot overan "i" or a "j" is called tittle. The cry of a new born baby is called a vagitus. Illegible handwriting is called griffonage. The prongsof a fork are called tines.Whenyou combine a question mark with an exclamation mark (?!), it is referred to asan interrobang. That sickfeeling you get after eating or drinking too much is called crapulence. The sheen oflight that you see when you close your eyes and press your hands on them iscalled phosphenes. The metalthing used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called Bannock device. The tiny plastic thing placed in the middle of apizza box is called a box tent. Q5 What are some of the best storiesrelated to Lord Indra? A5 Amit Nishad, Clerk at The Institute ofCompany Secretaries of India (ICSI) (2023–present)6h According to the story, once Devraj Indra waspassing through the sky. On the way, his eyes fell on the ashram of GautamRishi. Indra saw a young girl near the ashram. This beautiful girl was Ahilya,wife of Gautam Rishi, who was blessed to remain youthful throughout her life. Ahalya was a very beautiful, polite and devotedwoman. She was married to sage Gautam. Both of them used to do penance andmeditation while living in the forest. Due to the beauty of Ahilya, all thesages, gods and demons were fascinated by her. Indra, the king of the gods, hadbecome too fascinated. Indra'smind became greedy to get Ahalya.Just what then. One day,Devraj Indra disguised himself as a cock and started crowing outside the sage'sashram at night. Gautam Muni felt that it wasmorning. The sage got up at the same time and left the ashram for morning bath.Seeing the opportunity, Indra assumed the guise ofGautam Muni and came to Goddess Ahilya. Here, whenGautam Muni realized that there was still night left and it was time formorning, then he returned back towards the ashram. When the sage reached near the ashram, Indra wascoming out of his ashram. He recognized Indra. Knowing this misdeed done byIndra, the sage became angry and cursed Indra and Goddess Ahilya. Indra alsobecame frightened. The sage cursed Indra and said, 'Fool, you have violated mywife's femininity. Icurse you that right now a thousand vaginas will be born all over your body. When GoddessAhalya repeatedly apologized and said, 'There is no fault of mine in this', Gautam Muni said that you willlive here as a rock. In Tretayuga, when Lord Vishnu will incarnate asRam, then you will be saved by the grace of his feet. 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