The Science Behind #MakarSankranti -Today - The Day when Surya Dev moves from Winter solstice towards Summer solstice marking Uttarayana
Vitamin D is made by the body with sunlight.Sesame seeds (Til ) have the highest calcium (975mg per 100g). Milk has 125mg only
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2. The body is capable of storing Vitamin D up to a year, and use the reserves.Lastly, the body is capable of getting its Vitamin D reserves full with 3 full days of sunlight.
The best quality of sunlight is at the end of winter & beginning of summer
3. Now join the dots,& See how wise our sages were in ancient India.They created a festival of flying kites where by children get excited to go in the open, under direct sunlight, throughout the day starting from early morning. And their Mothers feed them homemade TIL ladoos.
4. #SanatanDharma
#MakarSankranti - the kite flying festival in India Are we not a fantastic culture ...?

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