{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Smart Tan News","provider_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com","title":"Did Sunlight Deficiency Kill Mozart? - Smart Tan News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VXLqSHpEP6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/did-sunlight-deficiency-kill-mozart\/\">Did Sunlight Deficiency Kill Mozart?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/did-sunlight-deficiency-kill-mozart\/embed\/#?secret=VXLqSHpEP6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Did Sunlight Deficiency Kill Mozart?&#8221; &#8212; Smart Tan News\" data-secret=\"VXLqSHpEP6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"A leading vitamin D researcher is speculating that vitamin D deficiency contributed to the death of one of the world\u2019s greatest musicians in 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It\u2019s a theory that he\u2019s published in a letter in an academic journal and is getting some attention. \u201cWolfgang Amadeus Mozart suffered from many infectious illnesses including catarrh, fever, sore throat, and bad colds from 1762 to 1791, the year of his death at 35 years of age,\u201d Dr. William Grant, founder of the vitamin D advocacy group SUNARC said in a press statement last week promoting the publication of his letter. \u201cMost of these illnesses occurred between mid-October and May. At the latitude of Salzburg and Vienna, 48\u00ba N, it is impossible to make vitamin D from solar ultraviolet-B irradiance for about six months of the year.\u201d All of those illnesses are now believed to be more common in those who are vitamin D deficient. Mozart did much of his composing at night, so would have slept during much of the day \u2014 meaning he most likely made very little vitamin D at all, Grant points out. To read Grant\u2019s paper on-line click here.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/2011-07-05-Mozart-copy.jpg"}