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"Avoid using sunscreens and sunglasses; otherwise you won't gain the benefits from sunlight exposure. (See Chapter 4 for details). [To learn about the healing powers of the sun in much more detail, and specifically, how UV-light actually prevents and cures skin cancer and why most skin cancers are caused by sun protection creams and lotions, see Chapter Eight of my book, Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation.} Sleeping Enough Hours Research shows that the immune system needs 8-9 hours of sleep in total darkness to recharge completely." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"As we consider common mechanisms of action, we might start with sunlight exposure, because this somehow seems linked to the autoimmune diseases. sunlight exposure, which decreases with increasing latitude, could be important—but clearly there are other factors. The consumption of animal-based foods, especially cow's milk, also increases with distance from the equator. In fact, in one of the more extensive studies, cow's milk was found to be as good of a predictor of MS as latitude (i.e., sunshine).51 In Dr." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"Levels of oral vitamin D necessary for optimal calcium utilization would undoubtedly be influenced by inputs of vitamin D through both subcutaneous synthesis from sunlight exposure and dietary calcium levels. It is a difficult question to answer. There have been three RCTs of vitamin D in children with bone outcomes (see Table 5). The results are quite varied among the studies. As with calcium absorption, vitamin D and calcium intakes would be interdependent." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Children and adolescents who do not get regular sunlight exposure, do not ingest at least 500 mL per day of vitamin D-fortified milk, or do not take a daily multivitamin supplement containing at least 200 IU of vitamin D." No health professional group has made recommendations specific to adults. Speculation about the EAR has, however, been published. Using the data presented in Figure 2, it would appear that 12.5 pg (500 IU) could prevent the wintertime drop in 25(OH)D and maintain population levels of 25(OH)D close to 75-80nmol/liter [14]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "AMD among people with high levels of sunlight exposure. (This might be due to the difficulty in assessing the amount, type, and timing of sun exposure.) Some studies indicate high risk for AMD among people with cardiovascular disease [100, 101] or its risk factors [102]. Aspects of diet that may explain these risk factors or be independently related are discussed later. Having a first-degree relative with AMD increases one's risk for the disease as well." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Natural sunlight exposure stimulates your pineal gland which controls your sleep and waking cycles, seasonal affective disorder (the winter blues) and improves your mood. • Seek the support of a trusted friend, counsellor or your church. • Take 5HTP or 5-hydroxytryptophan. This is a precursor to serotonin and helps mood and carbohydrate cravings. This is not suitable for those taking antidepressants. • B complex helps with stress, mood and the nervous system. Typical dosage is 50 mgs per day. You can increase B6 by 100 mgs per day." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Schachter's Alternative Therapy Program for prostate cancer includes the use of Flor-Essence, in addition to dietary changes, oral nutritional supplements, possible hormonal balancing, possible intravenous vitamin and mineral drips, an exercise program, fresh air and some sunlight exposure, stress management training if necessary, detoxification, and possible homeopathy and other immune-enhancing activities, such as chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, or dental treatment. Dr. Schachter's Case Files—Prostate Cancer Patients Using Flor-Essence According to Dr." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"She argued that if people develop melanoma, it may be because they are genetically susceptible and likely to develop skin cancer regardless of the amount of sunlight exposure or protection from sunscreen.26 Dr. Berwick objected to the universal blanket advice For more details about the possible factors responsible for developing skin about using sunscreens during all time spent outdoors. Dr. Berwick's previously conducted research (1996) found no relationship between a history of sunburn and the development of melanoma." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Sunlight exposure and risk of lens opacities in a population-based study: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation project. JAMA 280, 714-718. 28. Taylor, H. R., West, S. K., Rosenthal, F. S., et al. (1988). Effect of ultraviolet radiation on cataract formation. N. Engl. J. Med. 319, 1429-1433. 29. McCarty, C. A., and Taylor, H. R. (2002). A review of the epidemiologic evidence linking ultraviolet radiation and cataracts. Dev. Ophthalmol. 35, 21-31. 30. McCarty, C. A. (2002). Cataract in the 21st century: lessons from previous epidemiological research. Clin. Exp. Optom. 85, 91-96. 31. Rowe, N." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"The casual sunlight exposure of today's urban lifestyle isn't enough to produce adequate amounts of vitamin D, no matter what your latitude. That's why the Vitamin D Cure is essential! The Diet-Vitamin D Connection I he vitamin D deficiency picture is a bit more complicated than it seems on the surface. You can correct your vitamin D levels and help yourself immensely with that one easy upgrade. But you can really do worlds of good for your health by taking into account the other missing ingredients in your diet—and fixing those, too." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"The same holds for the activation of most forms of vitamin D, including the form produced by our skin after sunlight exposure. It is estimated that about an hour in the midday sun will generate our daily requirement. I hasten to add that there may be subsets of well people in advanced countries who are at risk for dietary insufficiency of calcium or vitamin D. In theory at least, people who avoid dairy products and thereby have a lower calcium intake and less vitamin D supplementation should be at risk for a special form of osteopenia called osteomalacia." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Vitamin D can be obtained either from the diet or from sunlight exposure, but these sources can be insufficient, especially in older people and vegans during the winter months.65,66 Six to 14% of healthy adult Western European populations have been reported to be vitamin D deficient,67 but good data are not available for the United States. Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with bone loss and fractures in older people.68, 69 Reduced bone loss from vitamin D supplements has been reported in some,70'71 though not all,72 studies." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "People with athlete's foot should change socks daily to decrease contact with the fungus and should wear sandals occasionally to get sunlight exposure. Herbs that may be helpful Tea tree (page 751) oil has been traditionally used to treat athlete's foot. One trial reported that application of a 10% tea tree oil cream reduced symptoms of athlete's foot just as effectively as drugs and better than placebo, although it did not eliminate the fungus.1 The compound known as ajoene, found in garlic (page 679), is an antifungal agent. In a group of 34 people using a 0." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "Dark skin and/or a lack of sunlight exposure (which reduces the amount of vitamin D made in the skin) also increase the risk of developing rickets. The few foods that contain vitamin D (page 607) include egg yolks, buttet, vitamin D-fortified milk, fish liver oil, breast milk, and infant formula. Calcium (page 483), in addition to being present in breast milk and formula, is found in dairy products, sardines, salmon (canned with edible bones), green leafy vegetables, and tofu. Vegans may use supplements instead of eggs and dairy as sources for both calcium and vitamin D." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "It occurs more commonly following winter, owing to restricted sunlight exposure during that season. Living in an area with a lot of atmospheric pollution, which can block the sun's ultraviolet rays, also appears to increase the risk of vitamin D deficiency.5 Vitamin D deficiency is more common in strict vegetarians (who avoid vitamin D-fortified dairy foods), dark-skinned people,6 alcoholics, and people with liver or kidney disease. People with liver and kidney disease can make vitamin D but cannot activate it." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"The researchers recommended that all MS patients should get adequate sunlight exposure and do specific strengthening exercises for their hip and back muscles to prevent debility and osteoporosis. In another clinical study, the blood levels of vitamin D were found to be lower during relapses. This was thought to play a role in regulation of clinical disease activity. One of our MS patients has been seeing us for over 10 years. His condition was stable, but he was still not well. We added vitamin D-3 to his orthomolecular program, 5000 IU twice daily." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"Melatonin is produced in response to sunlight exposure. The more sunlight you take in, the more melatonin—and, thus, serotonin—your body is able to produce. Sunlight exposure occurs through the eye's iris. People who receive no sunlight exposure due to complete blindness have major serotonin impairments, including chronic insomnia, circadian (based on a 24-hour cycle) rhythm disorders, and premenstrual syndrome difficulties. SAD symptoms include carbohydrate cravings, compulsive overeating, and wintertime weight gains." - Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., Constant Craving: What Your Food Cravings Mean and How to Overcome Them (Get the book.)

"Should it not raise doubts among physicians and patients alike when even among palefaces, the most common sites for melanoma (legs in women, torso in men) get significantly less sunlight exposure than other parts of the body? To make a point, based on this and other evidence, your best chance of avoiding melanoma is to move to areas of higher UV-concentration, such as mountainous regions or the equatorial tropics and become a nudist! Since sunlight boosts the immune system, you may find that such a move would also help with many other health issues from which you may be suffering." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Plus, as you age, you hang out inside more or become housebound and experience less sunlight exposure. Bone remodeling consists of two stages: resorption, when cells called osteoclasts dissolve old bone, creating small cavities; and bone formation, or remodeling, when cells called osteoblasts build new bone by filling those cavities with calcium. Usually, bone resorption and bone formation occur around the same time and are balanced. When they're not balanced, you lose bone mass." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"The results were as clear as the sky on a cloudless day—there was a near-constant correlation between skin color and sunlight exposure in populations that had remained in the same area for 500 years or more. They even produced an equation to express the relationship between a given population's skin color and its annual exposure to ultraviolet rays. (If you're feeling adventurous, the equation is W= 70 -AUV/10. W represents relative whiteness and AUVrepresents annual ultraviolet exposure." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"The key mineral here is calcium—yet most people, even though they're taking calcium for their bones, cannot effectively absorb that calcium because they lack vitamin D due to the fact that they are afraid of sunlight exposure. With most Americans being chronically deficient in vitamin D, they simply cannot absorb calcium and use it in their skeletal system. Thus, they're taking all of these calcium supplements that are completely useless." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "In no way is this book intended as a replacement for medical advice or medical care, and in fact, repeatedly throughout this book, I strongly urge readers to acquire the assistance of qualified health practitioners— preferably naturopathic physicians—before they engage in any decisions or actions that might affect their health, including diet, exercise, sunlight exposure, and so on. Generalizations aren't always right The next criticism that's likely to be leveled against this book is that I make huge, sweeping generalizations about pharmaceutical companies, doctors, FDA employees, and so on." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "Finally, if you engage in physical exercise combined with nutritional therapies and phototherapy through sunlight exposure, then you will probably never suffer from clinical depression. Physical exercise alters your body chemistry and your brain chemistry. It makes you feel happier. Exercise is healing for every system in your body; your cardiovascular system, endocrine system, digestive system, musculoskeletal system, nervous system and many others. Exercise is actually good for your brain, too." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "It is impossible to generate too much vitamin D in your body from sunlight exposure: your body will self-regulate and only generate what it needs. *" If it hurts to press firmly on your sternum, you maybe suffering from chronic vitamin D deficiency right now. Vitamin D is "activated" in your body by your kidneys and liver before it can be used. Having kidney disease or liver damage can greatly impair your body's ability to activate circulating vitamin D." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Sunlight exposure, which decreases with increasing latitude, could be important—but clearly there are other factors. The consumption of animal-based foods, especially cow's milk, also increases with distance from the equator. In fact, in one of the more extensive studies, cow's milk was found to be as good of a predictor of MS as latitude (i.e., sunshine).51 In Dr. Swank's studies in Norway, MS was less common near the coastal areas of the country where fish intake was more common. This gave rise to the idea that the omega-3 fats common to fish might have a protective effect." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"The vitamin D present in food and that formed by sunlight exposure actually has little or no biological activity. In order to become effective, it must first be converted by the livet and kidney into one of its active byproducts (1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D or 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D). These are the forms of vitamin D that have been used in clinical studies of patients suffering from psoriasis. In some reports, the vitamin was applied to the skin, and in others it was taken orally. The results obtained with this treatment have been consistently positive, and in some cases have been dramatic." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.)

"In his book, he explains why sunlight exposure is perhaps the single most important activity in which you need to engage if you wish to have a healthy body and mind. The bottom line is: Become a student of health, because you live in a body, and you operate with the assistance of the physical organ called the brain. Unless you take care of your body and brain, you're going to have a very difficult life. You are not just some spirit floating around this planet; you actually have hardware you need to take care of. This should be common sense." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.)

"Still another showed the same correlation in an assessment of kidney cancer and sunlight exposure in 175 countries.72 Leukemia Leukemia is an often fatal disease of the blood and blood-producing organs and is yet another type of cancer that may also be inhibited by vitamin D. Lab experiments show that vitamin D inhibits the proliferation of leukemia cells and promotes differentiation or otherwise has a therapeutic effect.47 52 A search of PubMed on the effects of vitamin D on leukemia revealed dozens of reports that show a positive benefit and none that show negative influences." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health (Get the book.)

"The countries are divided by Northern climate (less vitamin D from sunlight exposure) and equatorial countries (more sunlight and higher Age-standardized mortality rate (per 100 000 person years) from lung cancer in males in 23 countries, 1971-1995 Country 1971-1995 Northern Nations (lower vitamin D levels) • Hungary 180.91 Poland 158.34 Belgium 144.87 Netherlands 129.4 Canada 107.71 USA 115.23 Denmark 103.74 England and Wales 101.21 Finland 90.2 Norway 67.36 Sweden 48.21 Equatorial Nations (higher vitamin D levels) Taiwan 58.44 Portugal 59.48 Japan 59." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.) "Indoor work, particularly a basement workplace, would deprive workers of sunlight exposure. Sunlight produces vitamin D in humans. A deficiency of vitamin D is linked with breast cancer. Was the increase in male breast cancer caused by magnetic fields or by lack of vitamin D? These are the types of questions that make it difficult to ascertain if there is a link between EMF exposure and cancer. To make matters worse, a cell biologist doing work on EMFs for the Department of Energy, faked data linking cancer to electromagnetic fields in order to gain $3." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

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