Seven amazing health benefits of sunlight

Seven amazing health benefits of sunlight


(NaturalNews) An article in the Huffington Post blog a couple of years ago warned readers to avoid all sunlight all the time. The co-founder of the Melanoma Research Alliance and Broadway producer formed this alliance after her own experience with melanoma on the bottom of her foot.

Maybe
she used to go into Central Park or onto the roof of her apartment
building and do headstands for several hours daily, or she spent way too
much time in tanning parlors. There's no other way a Manhattanite would
get melanoma on the bottom or her foot if sunlight is the sole culprit for skin cancers.

Despite
the unlikelihood of getting too much sun on the bottom or her feet
while hailing cabs and riding elevators in Manhattan, the author ended
her article with this advice: "Prevention is uncomplicated: grab that
sunblock and floppy hat when you head outdoors, even in the winter."

Instead
of realizing there may have been another cause for her skin cancer, she
promoted carcinogenic sunblock creams and added to the sun phobia that
deprives many of the health benefits from sunlight.

Sunlight's benefits

(1)
Let's start with the obvious. Sunlight is the initiator of vitamin D3
creation in our bodies. Sunshine's UVB rays interact with the
cholesterol in our skin that ignites a process to create vitamin D from
our kidneys and liver. This doesn't happen without sunlight.

Exposing
more bare skin to sunlight is necessary for 20 to 30 minutes at least
three or four times weekly. Glass windows and windshields block UVB rays
while letting in UVA rays, which can be harmful.

One irony is that most sunscreens block only UVB rays, thus inhibiting vitamin D3 production. As a pre-hormone, vitamin D3 has many internal health functions.

Vitamin D3 production from sunlight
has its own shut-down mechanism, safeguarding you from overdosing
vitamin D. But if you wash the exposed skin with soap too soon, you may
wash away the skin's oils that have just begun the vitamin D process.

Tip: Use soap only where the sun
didn't shine. Options for D3 without sunlight include supplements, of
which too much is remotely possible, and UVB tanning beds.

(2)
Dr. Johanna Budwig promoted daily sunlight exposure in conjunction with
her famous Budwig Diet for curing cancer. She had become aware of
sunlight's electromagnetic contribution to the dietary elements of her
successful cancer cures.

(3) During long periods without
sunshine, many get depressed. It's called seasonal affective disorder
(SAD). Besides feeling gloomy, people experiences low energy.

SAD
results from an extended period of no sunshine. But it can be
ameliorated during those periods with bright full spectrum lights or
blue light to mimic the sun's rays. (http://www.naturalnews.com)

(4)
A substance in our bodies called melatin may be able to convert
sunlight into metabolic energy. There are studies looking into this.

(5)
Sunlight exposure was discovered to reduce the need for pain
medication, stress, and anxiety among post operative patients in one
hospital that conducted a study in 2005.

(6) A 2012
neuroscience study determined that those who had six hours of sunlight
exposure during the day were more alert in the evening.

(7)
A 2011 dermatological study observed the sunlight exposure helps burn
subcutaneous fat, which is unattractive but doesn't necessarily affect
cardiovascular health adversely.

However, sunlight also helps
reduce visceral fat indirectly. Vitamin D deficiencies have been
associated to higher visceral fat production, which leads to obesity and
subsequent health threatening diseases, including diabetes and
cardiovascular issues.

Caveat: So it's wise to avoid sunburn by
developing a tan through gradual exposure times. A solid tan will
protect your skin better than sunblocks.

Source:-
http://www.naturalnews.com/038730_sunlight_health_benefits_disease_prevention.html