Pages tagged with "Sun"

403 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Overview Skin and vitamin D
• Overview Suntan, melanoma and vitamin D
• Sunscreen chemistry overview – 2015
• An overview analysis of the time people spend outdoors
• Consensus Vitamin D position statement – UK
• Health benefit of Sunlight is more than Vitamin D in the blood - many studies
• Tanning beds and Vitamin D - many studies
• Avoiding the sun may be as bad as smoking - many studies
• Skin Aging and Vitamin D - many studies
• Sunlight and health - many studies
• Nitric oxide (from sun, Mg, Vit D, etc) reduces some health problems - many studies.
• Multiple Sclerosis 5.1 X more likely if poor sun and poor HLA-DRB1×15:01 - meta-analysis
• Sunscreen use is no longer associated with reduced skin cancer – meta-analysis
• Breast Cancer risk reduced 17 percent by 1 hour of daily summer sun – meta-analysis
• Parkinson’s patients 50X less likely to get even a little sun– meta-analysis
• Sunburning reduced by 200,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT
• Dark-skinned infants got minimal vitamin D from 4 minutes sunbathing daily – RCT
• 25 minutes of daily sun provided less than half of the response as 500 IU of vitamin D (Korea) – RCT
• Sunscreen used daily vs discretionary: no difference in skin cancer rate – RCT 2016
• Tanning bed twice a month slightly increased vitamin D levels during the winter – RCT
• 20 cent vitamin D pill similar to 2 hours sunbathing at 60 degree latitude – RCT
• South Asians in UK get little vitamin D from 45 minutes of daily summer sun – RCT
• UV every two weeks maintains summer vitamin D level – RCT
• Fully activated Vitamin D does not change with altitude nor sunlight, but does increase for a while after a high dose of Vit. D
• Parkinson's patients were twice as likely to be Vitamin D deficient, and get less midday sun
• Avoiding the sun (and vitamin D) – most Chinese medical students do not want darker skins
• More sun-protection habits = less Vitamin D in Chinese students (dose-response) - observational
• Some skin-made Vitamin D is sulfated by the liver and stored for future desulfination and use
• Should not have restricted sun exposure to the skin so much, especially for those with dark skins
• Photoproducts are made in the skin from UVA, UVB, visible, and IR light
• Does Vitamin D protect skin from sun-tanning damage?
• Nitric Oxide is produced in the skin by the sun (UVA thru IR)
• Multiple Sclerosis: increased risk if low Vit D, cigarette smoke, solvents, EB virus, obesity or low sun
• Sunlight as a Biological Signal for Health - GRH interview of Dr. Wunsch
• Avoiding the sun resulted in 3,000 deaths, but avoided 40 skin cancer deaths
• Thyroid Cancer 1.9 X more likely if poor gene to generate Vitamin D from the sun (DHCR7)
• Sunshine is a cure for “weak and soft muscles” – 425 BC
• 95 % of mammals get Vitamin D from the sun
• Vitamin D from the sun reduces the risk of internal cancers, but increases some skin cancers
• Does Less Sun mean More Disease
• People who get little noon-day sun must supplement with Vitamin D – systematic review
• Getting Vitamin D into your blood and cells
• Noontime sun and D
• Tanning Lotions Actually Decrease Vitamin D Production
• Sun replacement = Vitamin D (need 60 to 100 ng) - video
• Parkinson's symptoms are worse in the winter - low vitamin D?
• Sun and Vitamin D - 6 studies, Oct 2025
• Multiple Sclerosis 5X more likely if both low sun and low vitamin D
• SDR42E1 (Vitamin D gene) can greatly reduce Vitamin D from the sun and gut
• Tanning: Worshipped for millenniums, demonized by Dermatologists for 40 years, is coming back
• Light improves health by more than just Vitamin D
• Getting too little sun is 3X more expensive than too much (AU NZ: WHO found 2200X)
• Exercise times vs Vitamin D from the sun
• UV, sunshine, and vitamin D (87 charts) - Holick
• 23 Cancers if little sun, 12 of which have been associated with low vitamin D
• Less UV associated with more dementia
• Less UV means 2X more Breast Cancer
• If a Greenspace is nearby, Vitamin D 30% more likely to be above 20 ng (UK)
• Vitamin D or bright light treat COVID, TB, SAD, etc.
• Sunshine benefits infographic - 2020
• Importance of Light, UVB, and Vitamin D to Health - videos by Max Gulhane MD 2024
• Sunburn therapy – single 200,000 IU of oral vitamin D (smaller dose of topical probably better)
• Health benefits of the sun - more than just at noon
• D3, D2, K2, sun, etc. - Interview and transcript Sunil
• Embrace the Sun – benefits of the sun (Nitric Oxide etc.) – book
• UK vitamin D levels vs race and obesity (all less than 30 ng)
• Fewer COVID deaths in countries with more sunshine
• Dermatology's Disastrous War Against The Sun
• Little sun in first trimester, 2.9 X more likely to have learning disabilities
• Seniors get about 4X less vitamin D from the sun or UVB
• Air pollution decreases the amount of vitamin D from the sun (Mendelian analysis this time)
• Your body needs sunshine for health - even Australia agrees
• No – 10 minutes per day of sun-UVB is NOT enough
• Challenges in Sun Protection - 233 dollar book
• Avoiding the Sun is Just as Dangerous as Cigarettes - video
• Lack of Vitamin D due to lack of Sun, global perspective - Grant
• Risk of Parkinson’s decreases with time in summer sun
• Less vitamin D from the sun if it is too hot to be outside (now noticed in China)
• Decreased mortality with sun and or altitude
• Canadians have a hard time getting 1,000 IU of vitamin D from the sun
• Nitric oxide (from Sun, UVA, Vitamin D) reduces cardiovascular problems
• Sun is better than UV, which is better than Vitamin D
• Does less sun mean more Myopia
• 50 ng of Vitamin D - 100 hours of noon sunbathing OR 3 dollars of Vit D
• Photosensitivity (sun allergy) and vitamin D
• UVB has some association with cataracts
• The Risk of Skin Cancer From Sun Exposure Is Overblown
• Vitamin D from the sun during Northern winters – contrary to current belief
• Sunlight on skin has decreased 9X while melanoma has increased 30X
• 5X fewer hip fractures from Parkinson – Alzheimer – Stroke with enough sun
• Happiest country on earth has a high Vitamin D level (Finland, with little sun)
• Half a billion people live with little vitamin D from the sun
• Even cows need more than 90 minutes in the sun each day
• Vitamin D produced by hands and face is 8X more than elsewhere
• 3.3 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient if wear long-sleeves
• Alzheimer’s increase due to less sun or more meat
• Less Solar Radiation was associated with more Cancer - 1941
• The Sun is the best remedy for Your Lungs (Infection, Asthma and COPD) - video
• Some women who want whiter skin avoid the sun – increasing the risk of colon cancer in this case.
• Vitamin D levels increased in Saudi Arabia over a decade (more sun or supplements)
• UVB annual US - 1978-2014
• How Sensible Sun Exposure Benefits Your Health -Holick interview
• 340,000 US deaths annually due to insufficient sun (some due to low vitamin D)
• More than 1 hour of daily sun improved influenza vaccine by 35 percent (Vitamin D helps again)
• Is this better than Vitamin D - sunlight (Wunsch, Mercola)
• Low vitamin D in yet another sunny country-Thailand
• IBD in children might be associated with low sun exposure
• China has documented that less UV results in more cancer
• Hawaiians had 39 ng of vitamin D
• Vitamin D consensus: 400 IU for infants, less than 10 ng is too low, if low sun need to supplement
• 85 ng of vitamin D in soldiers deployed to sunny Afghanistan
• Sunny vacations are one of the ways to raise vitamin D levels
• Go ahead, soak up some sun (but don’t burn) – Holick
• Light and Vitamins - D, A, C, B1, B2, B3, B9, B12, E
• \"No hat, no play\" in Australian primary schools
• Concealing clothing resulted in only 8 ng vitamin D
• Sunny side of the hill is the healthiest – 400BC
• Mutiple Sclerosis half as likely in children spending 30 to 60 minutes per day in the sun
• Need 1 hour of noon sun to get Hijab women to 20 ng of Vitamin D (cloth)
• Sunlight - not too much and not too little
• UK COVID-19 increased in early October (too much James Bond or too little sun)
• Depression treatments: diet, exercise, bright light, Vitamin D, B12, Omega-3, Zinc, Music, etc.
• Moscow prison to install tanning beds
• Multiple Sclerosis risk increased if both Epstein-Bar Virus and low sun (vitamin D)
• Increase your vitamin D from the sun by wearing a tan-through instead of standard shirt
• Skin color and clothing but not sunscreens reduce vitamin D
• Dark-skinned hunter-gatherers may generate 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily
• Each hour of outdoor work in India increased vitamin D levels by 2 nanograms
• More sun when young, less myopia when old
• Vitamin D from safe sun: only 500 IU in 10 minutes when include windchill
• Infants need more sun than 17 minutes per week on 6 percent of skin
• 1,000 IU of vitamin D from the sun not available in the winter (Switzerland too)
• The Greatest Public Health Mistake of the 20th Century (sunscreen block Vitamin D) - 2017
• Most sunscreens actually increase the growth of skin cancer
• Is Vitamin D’s “Moment in the Sun” Behind Us (nope)
• Kidney transplant patients advised to avoid the sun, then 90% have very low vitamin D levels
• Vitamin D vs angle of the sun
• The Shadow Rule – you make more Vitamin D when you are taller than your shadow – 1992
• Most exercise occurs in the evening (when there is little or no Vitamin D)
• Somewhat less Type 1 Diabetes in Wales recently – perhaps more sun or more vitamin D
• More sunlight, more vitamin D, less hypertension
• Less sun (less vitamin D), 1.4 X higher risk of hypertension
• War increases risks of COVID-19 (social distance, mask, less sun, poor food, stress)
• Vitamin D from the sun without the heat (silver-coated plexiglass)
• Book: Sunlight, UV, Vitamin D and Receptor, Skin and other Cancers
• 4X more suburban UV than urban UV
• Urban residents had 2X less vitamin D – 2008
• Let the Sun shine on you - Gillie
• Vitamin D Myths - SUN
• Survey: Sunlight always bad (80 pcnt in Great Britain)
• Health benefits of non-burning exposure to UV light
• Less sun means more disease -Grant, Holick, Cannell, et al
• The sun provides more health benefit than vitamin D – Dr. Lucas podcast
• Many wavelengths of light provide health benefits, not just UV
• Parkinson’s disease 2 times less likely if get 2 hours of daily sun
• Regular sun exposure benefits health
• Opinion: sun better than UV better than vitamin D
• Sun avoidance increases risk of death by 2X
• Low birth weight associated low Vitamin D (little sunshine in China in this case)
• Polish children need 45 minutes of noon sun to get 800 IU of Vitamin D
• Have We Gotten Sunscreen Totally Wrong
• Poor sleep related to low vitamin D and little sun
• Lack of sun has caused multiple vitamin deficiencies, poor health and poor sleep - Gorminak
• More Cancer if less sun – model adding climate helps (need additional factors)
• Sun reduces risk of Multiple Sclerosis via both Vitamin D and another way
• Prisoners Get More Time Outdoors Than Children
• The sun appears to generate Co-Q10 in our bodies when we eat our greens – Greger
• Vitamin D levels of Iranians with MS is lowest in summer (avoid the hot sun)
• Women wearing hijab in tropics need at least 1 hour noon sun daily in summer
• Dermatologists use sun block, stay indoors, and have low vitamin D (Thai in this study)
• Sunlight, Vitamin D, Omega-3 and health – YouTube
• Which Is Worse - Avoiding Sunlight or Vitamin D Deficiency
• Food allergy is linked to season of birth, sun exposure, and vitamin D deficiency
• High levels of Vitamin D and low rates of skin cancer among commercial fishermen
• Indoor workers have lower vitamin D levels than outdoor workers, unless lead smelter
• Sunniest cities in the world
• Kids play outdoors 12 minutes a day, outdoor play improves of health of child and later as adult
• Cancer - far less for outdoor workers
• Less sun, more back pain (low vitamin D)
• Vitamin D and Sun conference – Germany
• Large variability in response to UV (more than response to oral Vitamin D)
• Fewer cognitive problems if more sun or Vitamin D
• Less vitamin D generated from sunlight by schizophrenia patients – 2016
• Fewer cognitive problems in regions with more sunshine (vitamin D)
• UV Winter in Northern but not Souther Europe
• Vitamin D needed for 12 ng in winter in Finland – Whites 320 IU, Blacks 720 IU
• Get enough Vitamin D from UK winter sun (if white skin and believe that 10 ng is enough)
• Risk of childhood myopia decreased if spend more time in the sun (or supplement vitamin D)
• The Healing Sun –1999 book highlights at VitaminDWiki
• 5 Amazing Properties of Sunlight You've Never Heard About
• The sun appears better at reducing incidence of some cancers than vitamin D
• The risks and benefits of sun exposure – Holick
• Vitamin D from sun - minutes for 1000 IU (wrong in many ways)
• Widespread regular sunscreen application deemed not useful in the US
• 2X less vitamin D from the sun for seniors
• Possible DNA damage of skin if vitamin D levels less than 20 nanograms
• Vitamin D protects DNA against UV skin damage – 5 studies 2012-2013
• Nature deficiency leads to disease (less sun, less Vitamin d)
• Infant higher Vitamin D if mom took sun, took Vit D, was not obese, or ate eggs (China)
• Vitamin D Review by Dermatologists – you really really need it, but avoid the sun
• Australian dermatologists had lower vitamin D levels than elderly in hospitals – 2009
• Less sun (less vitamin D) more anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction)
• In Defence of the Sun – reduce 400000 premature deaths – 2009
• Why do gardeners live longer (vitamin D, etc.)
• Air conditioning has not totally canceled the latitude effective in the US yet
• Medical students in Pakistan – 1 in 3 aware than sun creates Vitamin D, 1 in 12 get noon sun
• Vitamin D facts from Sunlight Institute
• Alzheimer’s associated with low sun and low vitamin D
• 9 minutes of full noon sun daily is all you need (if have white skin and believe that 10 ng is enough)
• Natural ways to prevent a sunburn – 2011, 2016
• Vitamin D research leads to surprising health tip – Australians need more time in the sun
• Minutes in the Sun for 1000 IU
• Only 1000 IU of vitamin D in 10 minutes at 36 degrees, nude, summer, noon
• Esophageal Cancer 40 percent less likely in parts of UK with more sun (vitamin D)
• 3 primates have higher levels of vitamin D than clothed humans, level varies between individuals
• Spring sunshine in snowy Finland normalized Vitamin D levels to 36 nanograms – 2017
• Allergic to the sun (Polymorphic light eruption) – you may need UVB or vitamin D
• 1400 IU of Vitamin D from Summer noonday German sun from a 10 minute walk
• Time in sun (in Spain) to get 4,000 IU of vitamin D: half hour in July , 2 hours in October
• Vitamin D from phototherapy lamps, tanning beds, and the sun
• Skin directly benefits from the sun – no liver, kidney needed to create Vitamin D
• Farmers got lots of UVB, but have same level of vitamin D as indoor wives
• Dark skin does not generate as much vitamin D from the same amount of UV
• Vitamin D deficiency 4X more likely in Italian teens if: dark skin, winter, obese, little sun, or use sunscreen
• Blacks living in urban area vs rural have less vitamin D if older than 50
• 2 cents of vitamin D far better than sunbathing for 30 minutes daily
• Problems with low UV and vitamin D in Scotland
• Autism is the least in regions having the most sunshine (and vitamin D)
• Avoid the hot sun and thus vitamin D in the Middle East
• Professional soccer players in region with very hot sun – 89 percent low vitamin D
• Vitamin D content of pork increased 3X with about 10 hours of noonday sun
• Infant sunbathing 30 minutes a week raises vitamin D levels to only 20 ng in 6 months
• Nepalese infants who sunbathe, etc. have much higher levels of vitamin D than their mothers
• Sunlight for babies – US Govt 1933
• People in Louisiana may be avoiding the hot sun like those in Middle East
• Hours of sun per week decreased probability of NH lymphoma by 32 percent
• Increased UVB intensity did not increase vitamin D generated
• Making vitamin D from sunshine – 2 minute cartoon video by Vitamin D Society
• Hypothesis – Australia has highest rate of food allergy due to avoiding the sun
• Sun and UV
• Optimize vitamin D from the sun
• Avoiding the sun reduces lifespan by 2 years (smoking reduces lifespan by 10 years)
• Sunbathing (vitamin D) increases lifespan in Sweden by about 1 year
• Perhaps not burn from the sun if have enough vitamin D
• 3 tanning sessions raised vitamin D levels about 4 nanograms for about 4 weeks
• Heliotherapy treated children – 1926
• There’s a New Sunscreen That Boosts Vitamin D Production (a tiny amount)
• Most S. Calif lifeguards have good level of vitamin D (above 40 ng)
• Farmers in India have 2.5 times higher vitamin D than office workers – 2016
• UV production of Vitamin D varies with the individual – 2010
• Getting a tan does not mean that you are getting vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis - low vitamin D, low sun, smoking are the largest modifiable factors
• Populations with more than 50 ng of vitamin D
• Diabetes 3X more likely if little aerobic exercise (perhaps low vitamin D)
• Sunscreen cream (Photocil) which allows Vitamin D to be produced (not US)
• Outdoor activities prescribed by 20 French doctors to treat diseases associated with low vitamin D
• Skin Cancer (SCC) minimized if get sun time around noon
• 60 minutes of sunlight needed to decrease vitamin D deficiency in sunny climate
• Little Vitamin D generated by face and hands
• Vitamin D from sun barely increased when lower half of body was also exposed
• Overly restrictive sun exposure warnings pose health risk
• Sunscreen in a pill (with low SPF)
• Sun is needed, but as with ice cream, getting too much can cause problems
• Benefits of sun are more than vitamin D – 2008
• A wrist-watch which measures UVA plus UVB - should NOT be used to increase vitamin D
• Low vitamin D in teens at 40 degrees North (Italy) due to not being outdoors, etc,
• Children’s picture book on importance of sun and vitamin D
• Studying more results in less sun ,which results in less vitamin D
• Sun exposure reduces Myopia
• Skin damaged by sun helped by vitamin D supplementation - pilot study
• People with health problems lacking noon sun (severe Multiple Sclerosis, etc.) have even lower levels of vitamin D
• Dark skinned teens use media much more
• Ways to block UVA but not the UVB which makes vitamin D
• For small amounts of sunshine the amount of skin exposed may not matter
• Increased sun and vitamin D both reduced MS risk
• Business opportunity: you can now make stuff which only passes vitamin D wavelength
• Metabolic Syndrome reduced 2X after one year of more sunlight
• Contributions of Sunlight and Diet to Vitamin D Status
• Want to get vitamin D from the sun - there are many apps for that
• Outdoor exercise better than indoor for postmenopausal women (no mention of vitamin D)
• SPF of Herbal Sunscreens - 2010
• How many minutes of sun do I need – age, skin color, UV index
• Whites were 2X more likely to be vitamin D deficient if wear long sleeves
• Vitamin D from the sun while minimizing skin cancer - Interview by Dr. Mercolla of Dr. Cannell
• Disadvantaged get less sun and have poor health in the North
• Fewer heart attacks, hip fractures and deaths if more skin cancer
• Only takes 10 minutes of sun to make a month’s worth of vitamin D while wearing the Hijab (NOT)
• Less recent sun, more suicide (similar title to our short video: less sun, more disease)
• Elite NZ Outdoor athletes fear skin cancer 10X more than fear low vitamin D
• Survey of attitudes of Outdoor workers about sun protection – New Zealand
• Vitamin D levels do not vary much with minutes in the sun
• Photosensitivity strongly associated with low vitamin D levels
• Egg-white omelets are now so 1995 – When will excessive sunscreen be so 2010
• More than an hour of daily sun associated with 30 percent less ERplus Breast Cancer
• Sun holidays are an important, but expensive, source of vitamin D in Sweden
• Moisterizers may limit vitamin D absorption – they can contain sunscreens
• Suncation adds 12 ng of vitamin D to Sweden women
• Far more hot days and air conditioning (and thus less vitamin D) later this century
• UV spectra of the sun and sunscreens
• Higher air pollution associated with 7 ng lower vitamin D levels
• I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more - 1870
• Hypothesis: Sun provides more than vitamin D
• Cancer Council of Australia recommends 30 minutes of daily sunshine
• Sun vacations raise vitamin D levels, but too much sun per day caused DNA skin damage
• High-level clouds decrease potential vitamin D by 40 percent
• Some vitamin D remains in the skin to protect skin from the sun
• The happy Vitamin – Vitamin D – a 2 minute video
• Walking an hour a day (more vitamin D) decreased chance of breast cancer by 14 percent
• Excessive sun increases cancer all around the body
• Military in hot climates and vitamin D deficiency - 2010
• Australian shade audits finds UV typically reduced by only 2X to 8X
• Noon is not “high noon” in various places around the world
• Sun-cured hay often has 2000 IU of vitamin D per kilogram
• Decreased risk of non-melanoma skin cancer by working outdoors in Europe
• Lets go to the sunny beach, it is just down the hall
• Melanoma is 44 percent LESS LIKELY if get sun on the job
• Two minutes sun is all you need for vitamin D (not)
• Complex relationship between UVB and vitamin D
• Use of tanning beds would reduce associated deaths by 10X
• Melanoma not as thick if recently had a sunny vacation
• Skin cancer risk and vitamin D from sun both decrease with darker skin
• 3 instead of 11 fractures with Parkinson disease when have enough sun
• World Osteoporosis Day sponsored by Big Pharma – does not give good sun or vitamin D info
• Children in Australian Northern Territory have 38 ng of vitamin D
• Vitamin D in the ICU: anything new under the sun
• Get vitamin D from sun in summer, from supplements in winter – Tasmania
• Dark Skinned adults need more than 45 minutes of UK summer sun daily
• Vitamin D may be lost by showering after sunbathing – 2009
• Overweight and elderly both sunbathe less - 2009
• Teens increasingly indoors - especially if dark skin
• Equation of IU vs time in the sun
• Cataract surgery may be another reason for low vitamin D levels in seniors
• Seniors getting noon sun had 88 percent chance of having at least 30 ng of vitamin D
• Do You need a Suncation or just vitamin D
• 80 percent of vitamin D from sun rather than from food
• Most young Americans not getting even 600 IU of vitamin D from the sun – FDA
• Dermatologists view of UV radiation and the Skin
• Seniors, like everyone else, need vitamin D and should avoid sunburns – 2011
• UV workshops in New Zealand
• Fewest Google searches for Mental Health when there is lots of vitamin D from the sun
• Small Australian focus group on getting Vitamin D from the sun
• Multiple sclerosis associated with sun, not low vitamin D
• Expert Review by Dermatologists: get more vitamin D but avoid the sun
• Sun and Vitamin D
• Tiger got surgery for hip arthritis – not much sun in the cage
• US Minorities have poor health – how much is due to little sun
• Vitamin D: Is It the Best Thing Under the Sun - Medscape
• Solar Radiation and Human Health: 35 page chapter in a book
• Study of vitamin D level vs hours in the sun, etc.
• Sunshine: Dangerous or Healthy – Schachter Center 2009
• Vitamin D from the sun 3 to 12 months of the year in the US
• Survey finds that Non-Caucasians do not feel that people need sun exposure
• Sunlight robbery in the UK
• Intense UV damages cadaver skin
• the 'Panacea' of the sun - Vitamin D
• 10 Reasons Why Sun Is Good for Our Health – 2007
• Wear glasses when getting vitamin D from the sun
• Sun exposure is associated with increased survival from melanoma – 2005
• Solar UV Doses of Adult Americans and Vitamin D3 Production
• New Zealand doctors are starting to prescribe more sunshine
• 3X more vitamin D from the sun if take MS drug Interferon-β
• Modelling Vitamin D from the sun in Poland – 2011
• Depression in UAE peaks in the summer – probably due to sun avoidance
• Sunscreen regulations in US improved somewhat – UVB and UVA both important
• 400 iu of vitamin D is like 24 seconds of sun in a swimsuit in Los Angeles
• Sun exposure protects children from asthma
• Most Australian GPs still believe the myth than 10 minutes of sun a day is enough
• Births during times of little sun associated with increased hypertension
• Can I get vitamin D while wearing sunscreen: 94 pcnt yes in 2008, 63 pcnt yes in 2011
• Doctor survey: 64 pct feel 10 minutes of sun is enough, 33 pct say use sunscreen winter
• Is the UVB action spectrum for vitamin D correct – no vitamin D winter - 2010
• AAP Issues Guidelines on Limiting Sun Exposure in Children
• Scared Out of the Sun for Fifty Years
• Even young Caucasians do not get enough time in the sun
• Being in shade or wearing long sleeves reduces vitamin D in blood
• Hypothesis – you will get the most vitamin D from sun if you do not tan
• Decreased winter sun speeded up subsequent MS development 2X – VA
• Effective Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis is Completely Free with the sun
• UK workshop on diet, sunlight, and vitamin D status
• Low Vitamin D in Malay women –less time in sun –sun screen -obesity
• Shade is better than sunscreen – does not eliminate the vitamin D
• 9 minutes a day of sun improved BMD Parkinsons disease patients
• If avoiding sun for medical reasons you need oral vitamin D
• Difficult to get 1000 IU of vitamin D in 30 minutes If UVI less than 3
• Lack of sun and lack of vitamin D are both MS risk factors
• Little reduction in breast cancer for additional vitamin D or sun
• Skin tone changes with season – high BMI different
• Whites with some sunshine can achieve more than 20 ng of vitamin D
• The Sun Will Save Your Life – PDF 2010
• Vitamin D and latitude Masterjohn
• Vitamin D not change with latitude unless caucasian - 2009
• Lycopene blocks some UVA
• Indoor tanning neither reliable nor advisable source of vitamin D
• Less cancer if had more physical activity – perhaps due to the sun
• Actress avoided the sun to protect skin is now vitamin D deficient
• We lack enzyme to deal with severe sun damage
• Dermatologists should not tan
• Study Suggests Indoor Tanning Boosts Chances of Melanoma
• People who avoid the sun for a medical reason were not vit D deficient
• Suntan: Popularity is fading
• Vitamin D and sunshine are two ways to reduce MS relapses
• Tanning from Wikipedia
• More people searching the web for \"vitamin D\" than for sunscreen