Comments by "Louise Hogg" (@louisehogg8472) on "What is the Origin and Reason for Red Hair?" video.

  1.  @MeanOldLady  I used to work beside an Irishman who had lovely long red hair, plus moustache. I always felt he looked like a Viking, but probably a Celtic warrior was closer.
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  2. Fair skin must help too, whereas blonds tend to tan, that is darken and that must block some UV? Still only enough UV from May to September in Scotland though. So much so that vitamin D deficiency is 'normal' here. I take a supplement all year round, to prevent cold sores emerging in December. Prior to starting that, I chose to go outside for half an hour every lunchtime, with face, hands and head exposed. And the cold sores (low immunity/low vitamin D) didn't start until a month later that year. Apparently you need oily fish three times a day to get enough vitamin D in your diet during the winter. Dad, whose family are much more redheaded than Mum's, maybe 2/3 redheads, also has a mild version of hemochromatosis. Not enough to need bled, but enough to prevent anaemia in the days when they used to kill most cattle in the winter and couldn't get iron in their diet all winter as a result. With green veg not having enough light to grow, or grass to feed the cattle. His family originated on Skye, which is a couple of hundred miles further North. So he was adapted for low light (eyes), low UV light/vitamin D, AND low dietary iron (indirect consequence of the low UV light). He does of course get depressed, which also goes with the red hair.
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  3. I thought we were BETTER at vitamin D, due to maximising UV light absorption? Agree about the depression tendency though. (I'm fine now, but Dad has always had problems as do his redheaded relatives, sister, nephew etc)
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  4.  @PippetWhippet  Celtic, like Scotland and Ireland.
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  5. Codeine is a good painkiller for me. I have red hair, but not bright. Only been anaesthetised once, worked okay, but did come round pretty promptly. I find paracetamol works, but aspirin doesn't. Whereas my dark haired Mum found aspirin good and paracetamol ineffective. Dad's side were bright red on his mum's side. But there was a smaller amount further back on Mum's side, which showed up as her having a few red hairs. Dad also has a mild form of hemochromatosis, so accumulates iron easier. My fair skin certainly makes me burn quickly and I suspect I top up vitamin D quickly too. I think redheads have fairer skin than blonds. Most blonds seem to tan a bit. Against a background of fair hair, any red influence will show up more visibly than against a darker hair.
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  6. If we supposedly need less opiates, it's worth remembering Iron Age folk were importing opium poppy seeds from the Middle East to Scotland 2,500 years ago. Redheads with period pains?
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  7.  @jpslaym0936  they wrapped babies heads, like footbinding in China.
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  8.  @Sarappreciates  I looked it up. Apparently we make vitamin D better from what sunlight there is, but don't absorb it so easily from diet. So we need to get outside in those low-light conditions wherever possible.
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  9. I think the brown hair/red beard combo is cool.
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  10.  @bobh3300  nah, bog bodies in Ireland were human sacrifices of redheads long before the crusades.
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