If only Mozart had spent a little more time outdoors enjoying the sunshine - because then we might have had a few more masterpieces.
Many have speculated over Mozart's death. He was buried just three days after he died in 1791, and no autopsy was ever performed.
And now scientists discovered the composer, who died at just 35, didn't get enough sunlight.
He lived in Austria, which was darker than most of Europe, and would work through the night and sleep during the day. This prevented his body from producing sufficient levels of vitamin D.
Mozart suffered illness throughout his life, including kidney disease, smallpox, typhoid fever, tonsillitis and strep throat.
Retired Nasa scientist Dr William Grant, believes that vitamin D deficiency was the underlying cause of his poor health and early death.
Dr Grant said: "Almost every disease has a vitamin D connection. If only Mozart had known about vitamin D and had access to supplements, he could have doubled his lifetime's output of work."
Vitamin D deficiency is linked to many medical conditions, and increases the risk of developing influenza, pneumonia, certain cancers, cardiovascular disease and musculoskeletal pain.


据英国《每日邮报》15日报道，要是莫扎特能多在户外晒晒太阳，我们也许就能够欣赏到他更多的杰作了。

莫扎特于1791年逝世，死后三天即入土，未做解剖，很多人对于他的死因都做过揣测。

而今科学家们发现这位年仅35岁的曲作家过早辞世的原因是因为太阳晒得太少。

莫扎特在世时生活在全欧洲日照量最少的国家奥地利。他每天白天休息，夜间创作，这样他的体内就产生不了足够的维生素D。


他生前就曾饱受疾病之苦，曾患肾病、天花、伤寒、扁桃腺炎及咽喉炎。

美国宇航局的退休科学家威廉•葛兰特博士认为缺乏维生素D是他身体羸弱及英年早逝的主因。


葛兰特指出："几乎所有疾病都与维生素D有关联，如果当年莫扎特就能注意到这点，用适当的方法进行补充，他就有可能创作出多出现在一倍的作品数量。"

维生素D缺乏会导致很多身体疾病，增加了罹患流感、肺炎、某些癌症、冠心病和肌肉骨骼疼痛的风险。

• sunshine [´sʌnʃain] n.日光，阳光 (初中英语单词)
• composer [kəm´pəuzə] n.作曲家；创作者 (初中英语单词)
• austria [´ɔstriə] n.奥地利 (初中英语单词)
• illness [´ilnis] n.生病，不健康，疾病 (初中英语单词)
• connection [kə´nekʃən] n.联系；关系；联运 (初中英语单词)
• output [´autput] n.产品；产品；计算结果 (初中英语单词)
• medical [´medikəl] a.医学的；医疗的 (初中英语单词)
• scientist [´saiəntist] n.(自然)科学家 (高中英语单词)
• access [´ækses] n.接近；通路；进入 (高中英语单词)
• typhoid [´taifɔid] a.伤寒性的 n.伤寒 (英语四级单词)
• kidney [´kidni] n.肾；性格；脾气 (英语六级单词)
• smallpox [´smɔ:lpɔks, -pɑks] n.天花 (英语六级单词)
• deficiency [di´fiʃənsi] n.缺乏，不足，亏空 (英语六级单词)
• underlying [,ʌndə´laiiŋ] a.基础的；下层的 (英语六级单词)
• influenza [,influ´enzə] n.流行性感冒 (英语六级单词)
• pneumonia [nju:´məuniə] n.肺炎 (英语六级单词)