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The sun has its negative impacts but let’s not forget the benefits Health & Science By Ryan Kerubo | May 13, 2024 AMP You may have heard conflicting advice like “catch the morning or evening sun; it’s healthy” and “avoid too much sun to prevent sunburns or skin tumours,” leaving you wondering which advice to follow.…

Improve Your Brain Power and Mood with Sunshine and Vitamin D Published on May 13, 2024 FacebookTwitterRedditLinkedInEmail   Check out the latest research on why getting sensible sun exposure and avoiding low vitamin D levels are each important for mental and emotional wellbeing Key Points While getting enough vitamin D key to maintaining mental health, there are several other ways through which exposure to sunlight can boost our mood and benefit our mind, besides those related to sun-induced vitamin D production; exposure to sunlight also promotes the production of beta-endorphins, nitric oxide, melatonin, serotonin, and dopamine – all of which play important roles in mood Maintaining optimal vitamin D levels has been associated with a lower risk of depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, suicide risk, and cognitive disorders including dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease One study found that participants receiving higher amounts of sun exposure had higher average mental state scores of cognitive function compared to participants in the medium or low exposure groups; this study concluded that long-term high sun exposure throughout life could reduce the risk of cognitive impairment in the later years of life Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D?…

Against Sunscreen Absolutism Moderate sun exposure can be good for you. Why won’t American experts acknowledge that? By Rowan Jacobsen Illustration by Gabriela Pesqueira. Source: Dimarik / Getty. MAY 10, 2024, 7 AM ET Listen to this article 00:00 14:49 Listen to more stories on Curio Australia is a country of abundant sunshine, but the skin of most Australians is better adapted to gloomy England than the beaches of Brisbane.…

How to Make Vitamin D from Sunshine Published on May 10, 2024 FacebookTwitterRedditLinkedInEmail   Tips for safely utilizing sun exposure to produce vitamin D, how vitamin D made in your skin provides additional benefits beyond vitamin D taken orally, plus several myths about sunshine and vitamin D addressed Key Points Developing a personalized plan that incorporates sunshine exposure into your regular routine to maximize the benefits and make vitamin D in your skin (which has additional benefits beyond vitamin D taken orally), while being mindful not to burn, can be easily done when considering the following factors If the length of your shadow on the ground is shorter than your height, the sun is high enough in the sky to let UVB rays shine through and reach the ground, and your skin, which is usually mid-day between the hours of 10 am and 2 pm; early morning and early evening, when our shadows are taller than we are, only provide us with UVA sunlight (good for making nitric oxide), not UVB which is necessary for vitamin D production Knowing your skin type is essential for personalizing your sun exposure; darker skin contains more melanin, which acts as a natural sunscreen and decreases the likelihood of burns and skin cancer, however, the more melanin skin contains the longer it takes to produce vitamin D Read more for additional factors, myths about vitamin D & sunshine, and how to tell if you are getting enough vitamin D Exposure to sunshine initiates many reactions within the body that affect our health, the most notable of which is vitamin D production.…

Sunshine and skin care: New vitamin D derivatives illuminate anti-aging benefits   07 May 2024 — A new study published in Cosmetics shines light on the influence of vitamin D and its derivatives for slowing down skin aging via different mechanisms that offer protection against UV-induced cell damage, which causes all skin cells to enter senescence — also referred to as “cell death.”…