Sunlight can help prevent:
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Osteoporosis
- Mental Depression
- Many types of cancer that effect the bladder, breasts, cervix, ovaries, prostate and stomach.
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Vitamin D
Sunlight also helps the body to make Vitamin D. This helps your body to use the calcium from your diet, without enough vitamin D you're body will leach calcium from your bones.
Your body can better use the Vitamin D it makes itself, rather than from your diet.
If your job is indoors, such as an office job or most retail jobs, it makes it that much harder to get the right amount of Vitamin D each day.
So how much sunlight do you need to help your body produce enough Vitamin D?
Between 5 and 30 minutes twice a week is an average, but it can be hard to say for use. The body gets Vitamin D when it is in contact with ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. But depending on the time of year and where you live on the world effects how much sunlight you need.
Your Immune System
The sun can help your immune system become stronger, keeping you healthier and happier, especially during the flu season.
This is directly related to the last section, Vitamin D plays a big roll in your immune system.
Being exposed to sunlight or even artificial ultraviolet light causes your body to create more white blood cells, which are the body's main defense against illness.
Vitamin D also helps your blood carry more oxygen, this helps you have more energy and have a stronger feeling of wellbeing.
Get Outside
Don't think you can just open up the shades and sit by a window. Although it's not a bad idea, I like sitting by the window when it's nice out.
But UVB rays won't travel through glass, so you won't get the benefits of producing Vitamin D just by sitting by the window.
Anyways why would you want to sit inside all day? Go out and have some fun, that's what life is all about!
Caution
Just keep in mind, even though the sun has many health benefits, it also has it's dangers.
From sunburns to skin cancer and becoming overheated, play it safe when spending a lot of time in the sun.
Build up your exposure slowly throughout the year, short stays in the sun is safer and healthier than spending hours in the sun at a time right away.
Sunscreen is good to use when you plan to be exposed for extended periods to sunlight.
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Sunlight also helps the body to make Vitamin D. This helps your body to use the calcium from your diet, without enough vitamin D you're body will leach calcium from your bones.
Your body can better use the Vitamin D it makes itself, rather than from your diet.
If your job is indoors, such as an office job or most retail jobs, it makes it that much harder to get the right amount of Vitamin D each day.
So how much sunlight do you need to help your body produce enough Vitamin D?
Between 5 and 30 minutes twice a week is an average, but it can be hard to say for use. The body gets Vitamin D when it is in contact with ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. But depending on the time of year and where you live on the world effects how much sunlight you need.
Your Immune System
The sun can help your immune system become stronger, keeping you healthier and happier, especially during the flu season.
This is directly related to the last section, Vitamin D plays a big roll in your immune system.
Being exposed to sunlight or even artificial ultraviolet light causes your body to create more white blood cells, which are the body's main defense against illness.
Vitamin D also helps your blood carry more oxygen, this helps you have more energy and have a stronger feeling of wellbeing.
Get Outside
Don't think you can just open up the shades and sit by a window. Although it's not a bad idea, I like sitting by the window when it's nice out.
But UVB rays won't travel through glass, so you won't get the benefits of producing Vitamin D just by sitting by the window.
Anyways why would you want to sit inside all day? Go out and have some fun, that's what life is all about!
Caution
Just keep in mind, even though the sun has many health benefits, it also has it's dangers.
From sunburns to skin cancer and becoming overheated, play it safe when spending a lot of time in the sun.
Build up your exposure slowly throughout the year, short stays in the sun is safer and healthier than spending hours in the sun at a time right away.
Sunscreen is good to use when you plan to be exposed for extended periods to sunlight.
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