Benefits of the Sun

Most of us don't realize that exposure to the sun is actually beneficial to us, be it to our physical health, vision, mental health etc.

Many people when being told to expose to some sunlight, the response will be: nah, it will promote skin cancer!

It's really sad that we are being taught to be afraid of the sun, the source of living energy on earth. Well, its not that we are asked to be under the sun for hours until you get burnt, but at least 15 to 30 minutes of sunbathing a day is good to our health.

Here's some highlights and benefits of the sunlight to us:
1. Exposure to the sun enable our body to synthesize Vitamin D, which is a free source. You do not need to pay for the sunlight and you do not have to buy from the store/pharmacy. There is no side effect of man-made supplement.

2. Low Vitamin D level is associated with worse asthma. According to a study conducted by researchers from National Jewish Health in Denver and published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, asthmatics with low levels of vitamin D may suffer more severely from the disease than patients with sufficient levels of the vitamin.

3. Sunscreen blocks the UV radiation necessary for the body to synthesize vitamin D. And research showed that Vitamin D will decrease possibility of getting cancer by 70%.

4. Sunscreen can harm our skin and body as it contains dozens of chemicals and carcinogens that are highly absorb-able by the skin and go to our liver which become a burden for the organ to expel these toxins. And if these toxins were not able to be expelled and were accumulated near the skin, it resulted in skin cancer! (not prevent skin cancer!!)

5. Vitamin D helps to regulate immune system and prevent against chronic health conditions such as heart disease, dementia and cancer.

6. According to a study conducted by researchers from the Medical University of Graz, Austria, and published in the journal Clinical Endocrinology, by increasing circulating levels of vitamin D, sunbathing may help increase men's testosterone levels and thereby their sex drive.

7. Tanning effect is the best sunscreen naturally to block off the UV-a and UV-b.

8. Sunlight is actually beneficial to our vision. According to Bate's Method, one of the activities for vision improvement is sunning, where the head is turned towards the sun with eyes closed and let it bathed under the sun for several minutes a day.


Below is an interview with Moritz Andreas, author of "Cancer is not a Disease" about the myth of sunshine causing skin cancer.


From: iHealthTube Admin
Lack of sunshine causes skin cancer, according to Andreas Moritz. He explains why being the sun is actually good for you and your skin. Find out why your sunscreen is doing more harm than good. Also, you need vitamin D to prevent cancer.
Contributor(s): Moritz, Andreas


By maintaining healthy exposure to the sun and a balance diet comprises of lots of green vegetables and fruits while cutting down stimulating foods and artificial/process foods, we can be sure our body is nourished in the way it should be and stay healthy. And of course, another crucial element of being healthy is: Stay Happy!!



* sources for this article include:
http://www.naturalnews.com
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