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INSUFFICIENT SUNLIGHT DESTROYS HEALTH. PART 1
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
“Vitamin D has long been considered the principal mediator of beneficial effects of sun exposure. However, oral vitamin D supplementation has not been convincingly shown to prevent the above conditions; thus, serum 25(OH)D as an indicator of vitamin D status may be a proxy for and not a mediator of beneficial effects of sun exposure.” continue reading
Sunlight Institute Responses to Sun Articles 194
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Sunlight Institute Responses to Sun Articles 194
http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Children_s_Health_200/Babies-with-COVID-19-Tend-to-Have-Mild-Illness-Mostly-with-Fever999.shtml
Please do not promote sunscreen use. Seek shade or cover up otherwise when you have had enough sun exposure. We need regular, non-burning sun exposure now more than ever. In addition, there are many other good reasons not to use sunscreens: Two major studies in 2019 showed that sunscreens might be worthless or even harmful.… continue reading
Ontario Limits the Size of Unmonitored and Private Social Gatherings across Entire Province
Sunday, September 20, 2020
The new limit on the number of people allowed to attend an unmonitored private social gathering across the province is: continue reading
Vitamin D may have saved lives during the 1918 pandemic in Boston
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Spanish flu patients treated outside at Camp Brooks open-air hospital in Boston during the 1918 pandemic fared better than those not exposed to direct sunlight, meaning vitamin D could have saved lives during the historic outbreak. continue reading
Study: Getting plenty of sunshine might significantly reduce your risk of catching COVID-19
Friday, September 18, 2020
Moreover, the study found that the risk of getting coronavirus continued to decline as Vitamin D levels increased, suggesting a direct correlation between Vitamin D levels and resistance to the coronavirus.... Scientists regard the most efficient method of Vitamin D production to be sun exposure, continue reading
