Exposure to the Sun May Give You Skin Cancer But Vitamin D Can Save Your Life!
Sun exposure offers us many health benefits: it provides us with a natural high by stimulating the release of feel-good substances in the body –seratonin, dopamine, and beta-endorphins. Sunshine also suppresses hormones such as melatonin that makes you feel sluggish and down. And, as I mentioned in my last post, it’s your best source of Vitamin D.
The importance of Vitamin D as a vital and protective nutrient cannot be underestimated. Its role in reducing mortality rates in cancer patients is starting to make many in the medical community question the conventional wisdom about sun safety and weigh the considerable benefits of sun exposure against the potential risk of skin cancer.
This short but informative video summarizes some key points on this subject:
September 25th, 2009 at 8:22 am
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