Embrace the Sun – benefits of the sun (Nitric Oxide etc.) – book June 2018

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   Are you dying in the Dark?
   If you avoid the sun, you may be ruining your health.
   Sun avoidance may be as dangerous to your health as cigarette smoking
By: Marc B.Sorenson, Ed. D. and William B. Grant, Ph.D.

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• Most of the health benefits of the sun are due to the UVB production of Vitamin D around noon.
• However, the authors point out in detail, the additional non-noon benefits of the sun, due to UVA production of Nitric Oxide in the skin
• Previous to this book I was only enjoying the sun at noon in the summer (Seattle)
  This book made be be aware of the non-noon and non-summer benefits of the sun, which I had wondered about for years
• UVA can get through windows, but UVB cannot
• Blue or bright light decreases depression

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Book table of contents

Chapter 1	Does Sun Exposure Cause Melanoma?	1
Chapter 2	Other Diseases Related Positively or Negatively to Sun Exposure	17
Chapter 3	Estimating the Incidence of Deadly Diseases Associated with a Lack of UVR Exposure	21
Chapter 4	Boning Up: Sun Exposure Maintains and Increases Bone Strength and Joint Health	39
Chapter 5	Cancer Prevention: Sun Exposure Is Essential	53
Chapter 6	Preventing Diseases of the Heart, Brain and Vascular System: The Vital Need for Sun Exposure	85
Chapter 7	The Protective Affect of the Sun on Type-Two Diabetes, Type-One Diabetes and Other Autoimmune Diseases	101
Chapter 8	Sun Exposure and Infectious Diseases	121
Chapter 9	Mental and Neurological Conditions Influenced by the Sun	139
Chapter 10	The Influence of Sun Exposure on Other Disorders	167
Chapter 11	Sun Exposure, Pregnancy, Lactation and other Reproductive Issues	197
Chapter 12	Racial Disparities Related to Differences in UVB Exposure and Vitamin D Status	205
Chapter 13	How Did the Sun So Quickly Change From Friend To Foe? A brief History of the Rise and Fall of Heliotherapy	211
Appendix 1	The Magnificent Sun	219
Appendix 2	Balancing the Messages about Sunbeds	227
Appendix 3	Sunscreens: Dangerous At Best and At Worst Potentially Deadly	241
Appendix 4	Understanding Proper Circadian Rhythms and the Critical Importance of Sunlight in Maintaining Them	251
Appendix 5	The Assault on the Sun: Dishonesty, Duplicity and Dollars	255
Appendix 6	Salubrious Solar Solutions: Photo-Nutrient Supplements vs Civilization's Sun-Deficiency Epidemic	271
No index

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Examples of # of words in book

1094	Cancer
1051	Vitamin d
595	Melanoma
134	Mortality
121	Diabetes
85	UVA
71	Asthma
67	Multiple sclerosis
67	Cardiovascular
58	Nitric Oxide
57	Osteoporosis
52	Blue
44	Depression
29	Rickets
25	Windows
22	COPD
20	Parkinson
17	Lung Cancer

I used SublimeText. to find words and phrases in the book
- SublineText is a free program which finds and highlights text instantly. Very easy to use on Windows, MAC, or Linux
 Download the TXT file of the book from VitaminDWiki
TXT file contains NO formatting - such as bold, italic, underline, heading, etc.

The Headlines

Voluminous research in the past few years has proved the truth about the remarkable health benefits of the Sun. Why haven't you read these Headlines?

• Sun exposure in the U.S. has been reduced by 90% in the last 70-100 years, while the risk of melanoma has increased by at least 3,000%. Then how can anyone believe sun exposure causes melanoma?
• As in the US, while sun exposure in Europe has profoundly decreased, there has been a spectacular increase in melanoma.
• Many melanomas occur on the parts of the body that seldom or never see the sun, including inside and around sex organs, in the armpits, in the mouth, on the soles of the feet and on areas nearly always covered by clothing.
• Women who completely avoid the sun have an increased risk of breast cancer of 1,000%, compared to those regularly exposed to sun.
• Women in Spain who actively seek the sun have a reduced risk of hip fracture of 91%.
• Sunbathing can often reduce both systolic and diastolic blood pressure within an hour, and the effect lasts for about two more hours.
• Multiple Sclerosis is most prevalent in the northern part of the Northern hemisphere, but its prevalence virtually disappears in sunny equatorial climes.
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) such as Prozac work by keeping serotonin in circulation. Sun exposure can increase the amount of serotonin in the circulation by 800% in one day without toxic side effects, and the sun is free.
• Regular, habitual sun exposure without sunscreens REDUCES the risk of melanoma.
• Outdoor workers obtain 3-10 times the annual sunlight exposure as indoor workers, yet they have lower incidences of melanoma. Why?
• Women with active sunbathing habits live longer.
• Women who avoid sun exposure have twice the risk of allcause death over 20 years, compared to those who are actively in the sun.
• Chronic sun exposure is associated with a reduced risk of colorectal, breast, and prostate cancer.
• Regular exposure to UV leads to an almost complete disappearance of DNA damage where skin cancer has been initiated.
• There are 324 deaths associated with diseases of low sun exposure for every 1 death related to diseases of high sun exposure.
• UV radiation, from sunlight, is the best natural source of vitamin D. Vitamin D supplements alone are not an effective substitute for adequate sun exposure.
• Public health messages in the past 50 years, urging avoidance of sun exposure and the use of chemical sunscreens, have likely contributed to the rise in melanoma incidence.
• Chemical sunscreens have unbalanced Mother Nature, which is one reason why melanoma has INCREASED exponentially, accompanying the exponential increase in sunscreen sales during the past 30 years.
• DNA damage is reduced with a tan.
• Low blood levels of vitamin D are a major indicator of sunlight deficiency.
• If sunscreen is not re-applied every hour it creates more skin damage than if one used nothing at all.
• Women who used sunbeds for 20 years had a 23% decrease in the risk for all-cause death.

Diseases associated with low sun exposure in the USA

Disease	Year	Deaths
Osteoporosis	2005	71,280
Osteoarthritis	2004	500
Rheumatoid arthritis	1998	2,060
Bladder cancer	2016	16,390
Brain cancer	2016	16,050
Breast cancer	2016	40,980
Cervical cancer	2016	4,074
Colon cancer	2016	49,190
Endometrial cancer	2016	10,470
Gallbladder cancer	2016	3,710
Kidney cancer	2016	14,240
Lung cancer	2016	158,080
Leukemia	2016	24,400
Lymphoma	2016	21,270
Multiple Myeloma	2016	12,650
Oral and pharyngeal	2016	9570
Ovarian cancer	2016	14,240
Pancreatic cancer	2016	34,920
Prostate cancer	2016	26,120
Thyroid Cancer	2016	1,980
Cardiovascular	2015	801,000
Diabetes	2010	69,071
Crohn's disease	2004	825
Asthma	2010	4,000
Influenza	2010	36,000
Pneumonia	2016	53,282
Septicemia	2012	35,000
HIV—Aids	2013	6,995
Necrotizing fasciitis	2010	200
Tuberculosis	2014	555
COPD	2009	145,575
Total annual deaths		1,684,677

Diseases and disorders diminished by regular, non-burning sun exposure:

• Acute lower respiratory infection
• Anaphylaxis
• Anemia
• Anxiety
• Arthritis
• Asthma
• Athero-sclerosis
• Autoimmune diseases
• Bipolar disorder
• Breast-tissue density
• Chronic pain
• Cognitive decline
• Colds
• Craniotabes
• Crohn's disease
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Cystic fibrosis
• Dental caries
• Eczema
• Electric light disease
• Epilepsy
• Erectile dysfunction
• Fibromyalgia
Flu
Heart disease
Heart failure
High cholesterol
Hypertension
HIV/AIDS
Compromised Immune system
Infectious mononucleosis
Infertility
Inflammation
Inflammatory bowel disease
Insomnia
Intermittent
claudication
Kidney disease
Leprosy
Leukemia
Low-back pain
Metabolic
Syndrome
Migraines
Mood disorders
Low muscle strength
Multiple Myeloma Myopia
Nursing home risk Obesity
Osteoporosis and fractures
Parasites
Parkinson's disease
Periodontal disease
Peripheral artery disease
Pre-eclampsia
Psoriasis
Rickets
Schizophrenia
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Sepsis, Septicemia
Soft-tissue injury
Stroke
Tuberculosis
Ulcerative colitis

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See also VtiaminDWiki

• Vitamin D Video 53 minutes with text and PDFs – Grant Oct 2017 one of the authors

Noontime sun and D has 331 items

see also
No – 10 minutes per day of sun-UVB is NOT enough
Vitamin D Myths - SUN
Optimize vitamin D from the sun
Overview Suntan, melanoma and vitamin D
Overview UV and vitamin D
50 ng of Vitamin D - 100 hours of noon sunbathing OR 3 dollars of Vit D
3.3 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient if wear long-sleeves – Oct 2022
Sun and UV
Avoiding the sun may be as bad as smoking - many studies
Vitamin D from the sun without the heat (silver-coated plexiglass)
Opinion: sun better than UV better than vitamin D
Fewer cognitive problems if more sun or Vitamin D
Which Is Worse - Avoiding Sunlight or Vitamin D Deficiency – April 2019
Have We Gotten Sunscreen Totally Wrong - Jan 2019
People who get little noon-day sun must supplement with Vitamin D – systematic review June 2017
The Greatest Public Health Mistake of the 20th Century (sunscreen block Vitamin D) - 2017
Does Less Sun mean More Disease 5 minute video
340,000 US deaths annually due to insufficient sun (some due to low vitamin D) – July 2020
Health benefit of Sunlight is more than Vitamin D in the blood - many studies
5 Amazing Properties of Sunlight You've Never Heard About
Vitamin D and Sun conference – Germany June 2017
Sunshine

• The sun appears to generate Co-Q10 in our bodies when we eat our greens – Greger April 2016
• 2 cents of vitamin D far better than sunbathing for 30 minutes daily – Nov 2017
• People who get little noon-day sun must supplement with Vitamin D – systematic review June 2017
• Avoiding the sun reduces lifespan by 2 years (smoking reduces lifespan by 10 years) – March 2016
• Sunburning reduced by 200,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT April 2017
• The Healing Sun –1999 book highlights at VitaminDWiki
• Parkinson’s disease 2 times less likely if get 2 hours of daily sun – Nov 2016
• Sunlight - not too much and not too little - May 2016
• Less sun means more disease -Grant, Holick, Cannell, et al Feb 2015
• Sunshine is a cure for “weak and soft muscles” – 425 BC
• Many wavelengths of light provide health benefits, not just UV – March 2016
• The Shadow Rule – you make more Vitamin D when you are taller than your shadow – 1992
• Little Vitamin D generated by face and hands - June 2015
• Sun is needed, but as with ice cream, getting too much can cause problems – Aug 2015
• Skin directly benefits from the sun – no liver, kidney needed to create Vitamin D – Jan 2018
• Half-life of vitamin D varies
  half life of Vitamin D from sun or UV is about 2X of from supplements - wonder why
  

UV

• Spring sunshine in snowy Finland normalized Vitamin D levels to 36 nanograms – 2017
• Ultraviolet Light in Human Health, Diseases and Environment - book 2017
• Health benefits of non-burning exposure to UV light – Jan 2017
• Large variability in response to UV (more than response to oral Vitamin D) – March 2016
• Sun is better than UV, which is better than Vitamin D
• UVA decreased vitamin D levels (again) – July 2013
  • It might not be good for your Vitamin D levels to work in front of a window

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