Avoiding the sun may be as bad as smoking - many studies

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What If Avoiding the Sun Is Bad for You? July 2019

• “If that study’s findings are correct,” Zirwas says, “that means protecting yourself from ultraviolet light could have the same effect on your mortality as deciding to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day.”

The study: Avoidance of sun exposure is a risk factor for all‐cause mortality: results from the Melanoma in Southern Sweden cohort - 2014
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127 studies referemces the 2014 study as of April 2023

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See also VitaminDWiki - 2019

• Which Is Worse - Avoiding Sunlight or Vitamin D Deficiency – April 2019
• Have We Gotten Sunscreen Totally Wrong - Jan 2019
• Sunscreen (SPF-30) slightly increased the vitamin D from UVB – RCT Jan 2019
• Parkinson’s patients 50X less likely to get even a little sun– meta-analysis Jan 2019
• Nature deficiency leads to disease (less sun, less Vitamin d) – Feb 2019

See also VitaminDWiki - 2018

• Dermatologists use sun block, stay indoors, and have low vitamin D (Thai in this study) – Dec 2018
• Embrace the Sun – benefits of the sun throughout the day and year – book June 2018
• Widespread regular sunscreen application deemed not useful in the US – April 2018

See also VitaminDWiki - 2017

• The Greatest Public Health Mistake of the 20th Century (sunscreen block Vitamin D) - 2017
• Health benefits of non-burning exposure to UV light – Jan 2017

See also VitaminDWiki - 2016

• Low UVB (thus low Vitamin D) is linked to many diseases – Grant Jan 2016
• Avoiding the sun reduces lifespan by 2 years (smoking reduces lifespan by 10 years) – March 2016
• Sunbathing (vitamin D) increases lifespan in Sweden by about 1 year – March 2016
• The risks and benefits of sun exposure – Holick Oct 2016
• Low UVB (thus low Vitamin D) is linked to many diseases – Grant Jan 2016
• Many wavelengths of light provide health benefits, not just UV – March 2016

See also VitaminDWiki - 2015

• Less sun means more disease -Grant, Holick, Cannell, et al Feb 2015
• The sun provides more health benefit than vitamin D – Dr. Lucas podcast – May 2015
• Less sun means more disease -Grant, Holick, Cannell, et al Feb 2015
• Go ahead, soak up some sun (but don’t burn) – Holick July 2015

See also VitaminDWiki - older

• Sun avoidance increases risk of death by 2X – April 2014 referenced by the article
  • Based on 30,000 Swedish women
• Fewer heart attacks, hip fractures and deaths if more skin cancer – Sept 2013
• Air conditioning has not totally canceled the latitude effective in the US yet – July 2013
• Melanoma is 44 percent LESS LIKELY if get sun on the job – Nov 2013
• UV, sunshine, and vitamin D (87 charts) - Holick March 2013
• New Zealand doctors are starting to prescribe more sunshine – Aug 2012
• 2200X more problems from no UVB than too much UVB - WHO 2006
• Overview Skin and vitamin D
• Why do gardeners live longer (vitamin D, etc.)
• Overview Suntan, melanoma and vitamin D
• Less Solar Radiation was associated with more Cancer - 1941
• Sunny side of the hill is the healthiest – 400BC

Smoking reduces vitamin D - many studies

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