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JCTA NOTE: Check out the cities and towns that have proclaimed Melanoma Awareness Month  https://saveyourskin.ca/proclamations/. You may see local news. Grassroots Health will be starting Sunshine Month in May to counter this. Keep an eye out for further updates continue reading

In addition to being delivered to the liver for conversion to 25(OH)D, vitamin D3 is also delivered directly to all tissues of the body; many of these tissues, such as breast, colon, prostate, and brain, can convert vitamin D3 to its other forms directly, and it is through this process that vitamin D (as vitamin D3, the form we make from the sun or get from food and supplements) can help enable the cells to fight against infections, disease, and autoimmune disorders continue reading

Go outside and fuel up on some sunlight to help your body wake up, .... continue reading

Studies have shown that vitamin D made in the skin can decrease DNA damage in the skin cells, facilitate DNA repair acting directly upon any UV damage produced from sun exposure, and help prevent cell death. continue reading

Sunlight Institute Responses to Sun Articles 267   Prevention is the answer to stopping osteoporosis. Sunlight is the key, not vitamin D. When discussing osteoporosis, one study surpasses all others. A Spanish study shows that women who seek the sun have one-eleventh the hip-fracture risk as sun avoiders.… continue reading