This was shared with me at another forum and had some very
interesting things to consider in it. So I thought I'd share it with
those here who had shown interest. Vic :0)
Dr. Mercola - "In recent years we've all been trained to fear the
sun, due to the threat of skin cancer. Now there is a growing belief
that exposure to the sun may not actually cause skin cancer. Nothing
could be further from the truth. As this study published in the
prestigious Cancer journal indicates, exposure to sun actually
decreases cancer rates"
Jacob Liberman, who has doctorates in both optometry and vision
science, says that the people who live on Earth evolved to thrive
under the light put forth by our sun. He says, therefore, that we
potentially harm ourselves when we hide from sunlight. In Light:
Medicine Of The Future: How We Can Use It To Heal Ourselves Now, he
explains how to utilize the therapeutic benefits of light. Dr.
Liberman says that "light is thebasic component from which all life
originates, develops, heals, and evolves." Everything that humans do
is affected in some way by light. Light has been used for healing
since the time of ancient Egypt. Modern scientists began recognizing
the benefits of light therapy in the late 1700's. Although many
people believe the ultraviolet (UV) light is harmful, Dr. Liberman
maintains our bodies need at least a small amount of UV light in
order to function properly. He cites studies which indicate that,
due to all the ways in which we block sunlight from our lives,
including wearing sunglasses designed to block out UV rays, "it is
possible that we are unknowingly contributing to the increased
incidence of blindness and eye disease in this country." Dr.
Liberman does warn against looking at the sun directly, or exposing
ourselves to it between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., but emphasizes
that light is a nutrient for the body. He says people need to be
outside in natural light, without sunglasses or sun block, for a
minimum of one hour a day. He warns that warm-white and cool-white
fluorescents "should absolutely be avoided." People who cannot get
outside regularly need to equip their work areas with full-spectrum
light fixtures. Syntonics is the name given to light therapy, which
involves utilizing specific colors for healing specific ailments.
Dr. Liberman discusses its benefits in treating vision problems,
seasonal affective disorder (SAD), cancer, and learning
disabilities. He says that "as we continue to discover and
understand the role that light plays in our lives, its use as both a
therapeutic and preventive tool will become more evident."
Sunlight helps the body heal wounds and injuries and overcome
virtually any illness. Dr. Carl Hoffminster wrote that soldiers in
World War II healed and survived much better when their open wounds
and broken bones were exposed to sunlight.
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According to the National Cancer Institute, lifetime exposure to
sunlight may reduce your risk of some of the most common types of
cancer. In an analysis of death certificates from 24 states over an
11-year period, the NCI researchers found that people who lived in
the sunniest parts of the country, and those exposed to the most
sunlight through their jobs, had significantly lower rates of breast
and colon cancer than matched controls.
The scientists identified cases through a database maintained by
the NCI, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
and the National Center for Health Statistics. The data was
collected from 24 states from 1984 through 1995, and includes
information on occupation, state of residence at birth and at death,
and cause of death. The researchers took significant measures to
ensure the accuracy of their data. They only included people who
were born and died in states in the same solar radiation range. And
they classified farmers in their own occupational category, separate
from other outdoor jobs, as they have been shown to have higher
overall rates of certain types of cancer. They also narrowed down
the cases substantially with a long list of exclusions.
Even after all those adjustments, the results were compelling.
Overall, people who lived in the highest solar radiation range (in
states like Arizona, Hawaii, Florida, and Texas) had less risk of
dying of breast, ovarian, prostate, or colon cancer than those who
lived in the lowest range (states like Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio,
and Washington). The occupational difference was most significant in
relation to cases breast and colon cancer; across all levels of
solar radiation, people who worked outside had 20 to 25 percent less
risk of these two types of cancer. And the benefits of outside work
weren't attributable to the amount of hard labor. Even after the
researchers adjusted for level of physical activity, the reduction
in risk remained. In their discussion, the NCI researchers theorize
that sunlight offers cancer protection through its contribution of
vitamin D. Recent laboratory tests have shown that vitamin D can
slow or halt the proliferation of breast and colon cancer cells. And
in other research, breast cancer patients showed lower serum
concentrations of a form of vitamin D when compared with healthy
controls.
Sunlight Actually Prevents Cancer Dr. Mercola
In recent years we've all been trained to fear the sun, due to the
threat of skin cancer. Now there is a growing belief that exposure
to the sun may not actually cause skin cancer. Either way, the fear
of skin cancer shouldn't keep you huddled indoors in the dark.
According to Dr. William C. Douglass, you can reap the sun's healthy
benefits with as little as 20 minutes of exposure a day.
However, skin cancers are more likely related to the large
distortion most people have in their omega-6 to omega-3 fat ratio.
The high excess of omega-6 fats in most people's diet puts them at a
much higher risk of developing skin cancer when exposed to excess
sun.
So the solution is not to slather sun block on. Sun block can be
quite toxic and should be avoided by most people. The sensible
approach would be to limit sun exposure so you never get sun burned.
It is sunburn in conjunction with excess omega-6 fats that increases
your risk of skin cancer.
Learn Why the Myth of the Sun Causing Skin Cancer Can Hurt Your
Health
A recent study in the prominent US dermatology journal tell us that
only a small fraction of US schools have implemented policies that
protect students from over-exposure to the sun, and few provide
shade, sunscreen, or other ways to avoid ultraviolet rays. Since
severe sunburns occur during childhood, which may promote melanoma
later, these experts recommend that policymakers and school
administrators encourage and implement sun protection policies at
schools nationwide. The authors of this study recommend that schools
without a sun protection policy adopt one, and at least implement
minor changes that could help shield students from the sun, such as
allowing staff to put sunscreen on students, and permitting hats and
sunglasses when outdoors. Archives of Dermatology June 2002;138:771-
774
Sun-Care Chemical Proves Toxic in Lab Tests
The main chemical used in sun lotions to filter out ultraviolet
light may be TOXIC, particularly when exposed to sunshine. Octyl
methoxycinnamate (OMC), which is present in 90 per cent of sunscreen
brands, was found to kill mouse cells even at low doses in a study
by Norwegian scientists.
Sunblock Can Actually Increase Your Cancer Risk - Using sunblock
stops your body from getting valuable vitamin D that prevents cancer
and does nothing to inhibit the major cause of skin cancer, which is
actually an imbalance of the proper fats in your diet. Find out how
you can really prevent skin cancer.
Sunbathing for Health Dr. Bernarr Zovluck
The sun provides the basis for all life on earth. The sun is the
source of energy for all plants, and indirectly, for all animals.
Take away the sunlight and all life on earth would soon perish.
Deprived of sunlight, man loses physical vigor and strength and will
develop a disinclination for activity, wrote Dr. Herbert Shelton.
I sunbathe nude almost everyday, at noontime, the hottest part of
the day, for several hours, and at age 67, having done this for over
45 years, I have never developed skin cancer, wrinkles or dryness.
Sunbathing does not cause cancer of the skin nor wrinkles nor drying
of the skin. Healthy people do not get skin cancer - unhealthy
people do. Sunbathing helps heal those with cancer by building up
the body's vital energies and increasing the oxygen in the tissues.
Sunbathing helps heal cancer of the skin, wrinkles and drying of the
skin. Unfortunately, those who develop skin cancer and/or wrinkles
and also coincidentally sunbathe have had many unhealthful habits
that cause their skin cancer, wrinkles and drying of their skin.
Chronic sunburn on skin containing free radicals leads to skin
cancer. Repeated sunburning, not suntanning itself, causes skin
cancer, wrote Dr. Michael Gray. Sunlight may change free radicals,
dietary fat from animal sources, cholesterol from animal sources and
deranged antioxidants brought to the skin from the eating of cooked
foods into carcinogenic substances. Antioxidant vitamins C and E are
reduced or deranged by cooking. Furthermore, fats and oils applied
to the skin in suntan lotions and other cosmetics are sources of
free radicals which can lead to skin cancer.
Dr. Zane Kime wrote that suntan lotions should not be used because
they can cause cancer. Sunscreen may actually increase the risk of
cancer, so proposed California researchers in a paper published in
January, 1993 in the Annals of Epidemiology.
Gray also wrote that those who smoke tobacco and marijuana and
expose them-selves to sunlight tend to get skin cancer.
Cancer is common in those who over-consume coffee and teas which
contain toxic caffeine and tannic acid, and expose themselves to
sunlight, wrote Dr. Becker and D. Alexander.
Immuno-suppressant drugs may contribute to skin cancer as well as x-
rays and chemotherapy. We may be able to reduce our cancer deaths by
inducing a partial or complete immunity by exposure of suitable skin
areas to sunlight, wrote Dr. Frank Apperly.
Sunbathing helped heal the skin cancer of Dr. Harland G. Call. His
skin cancer was diagnosed by two M.D.s, one of whom was a surgeon
who recommended surgical removal. Call employed sunbathing of the
effected area, Within a short time, the skin cancer disappeared,
after which he reported back to the M.D. who had recommended
surgical removal. When the M.D. examined him, he confirmed that the
skin cancer had disappeared without surgical removal.
A man had recurrent skin cancer. His doctor recommended surgery. The
cancerous man rejected the surgery. Instead he followed the advice
of Dr. John Ott to sunbathe without his glasses and after five
months his skin cancer completely disappeared. Sunlight treatments
reduced malignant cancer growths 50% in animal experiments in
Russia, writes A.P. Zabaluyeva.
Sunlight helps the body heal wounds and injuries and overcome
virtually any illness. Dr. Carl Hoffminster wrote that soldiers in
World War II healed and survived much better when their open wounds
and broken bones were exposed to sunlight.
Sunbathing helps strengthen muscles. Dr. Zane Kime wrote:
Tuberculosis patients being treated by sunbathing have been observed
to have well-developed muscles with very little fat, even though
they have not exercised for months. He also reported that a study on
the effects of sunlight on a group at a health resort showed that
the group that was getting more sunshine with their exercise had
improved almost twice as much as the group that avoided sunshine as
revealed by their electrocardiograms. Kime also wrote, The Romans
made use of the sun in training their gladiators, for they knew that
sunlight seemed to strengthen and enlarge the muscles. Cancer of the
breast, prostate reproductive organs and colon may be caused by not
exposing these vital organs to the sun and air. Anything that blocks
sunshine from penetrating the skin will reduce the amount of Vitamin
D that the body makes. People with lower levels of Vitamin D are at
greater risk for colon cancer, writes the Lancet.
Sunlight helps people overcome winter depression. Seasonal Affective
Disorder (SAD) hits around 100,000 people and develops into severe
depression as daylight decreases in the winter. If SAD sufferers get
out and get some sunlight during winter, they will relieve their
depression, writes Dr. Keki Sidhwa.
Dr. Herbert Shelton - "Gazing directly into the sun actually
improves sight and aids in overcoming disease".
Dr. Jacob Liberman. - Sunglasses block healing ultra-violet light
and thus contribute to the increased incidence of blindness and eye
disease in this country"
Eyeglasses and contact lenses rob you of energy by blocking some of
the ultra violet rays that travel through the eyes to the pineal
gland, wrote Patricia McCormac. After discontinuing wearing his
eyeglasses, Dr. John Ott wrote that he exposed his eyes to sunlight
without lenses and his vision was much improved. He recommended
similar therapy to his friends and they gained similar improvement
in their vision. Ott wrote that nothing should block out the full
spectrum of sunlight, no glasses of any kind should block the ultra
violet rays, and especially no dark glasses.
Dr. Shelton wrote, "In truth man was designed by the Creator to
enjoy the direct rays of the sun and the soothing strengthening
influence of the winds over the whole surface of the body. He is by
nature a nude animal."
Arnold Rickli, whose sun and air institution in Switzerland
attracted patients from all over the world in the 19th century,
wrote, Man is made to live in the open air; therefore when exposed
to the action of the light, air and sun, he is in his real element.
If we choose to expose our nude skin to the sunshine, all we need to
do is pay attention to our bodies. Our bodies are always talking to
us, and we must learn to listen. If the sunshine is going to be
harmful, our bodies will feel uncomfortable in the sunshine. This
will force us to withdraw our bodies from the sunshine before it can
injure us.
"A full sunbath in the nude is ideal. This is not a mere cosmetic
measure, but a health requirement for greatest value" wrote Dr.
Shelton.
Bernarr McFadden wrote: "From the dawn of history the sun has been
utilized specifically as an aid to restoration of health and s a
means of maintaining and increasing it. The ancient Greeks and
Romans, Egyptians and Assyrians, Arabians, Babylonians and Cretans,
the AZT:astonishing factsecs, the early Chinese and Japanese, the
inhabitants of India and most other nations that were glorious in
their day derived their superb health partly from their contact with
the rays of the sun, and healed their ailments by their aid.
Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, practiced the sun-cure in the
temple of Esculapius on the island of Cos in ancient Greece."
Everyone sick or well looks better, feels better, gets better and
functions better after exposing every part of their nude bodies to
the beautiful sunshine. Sunbathe each moment you can. It helps you
in every possible way!
In Light: Medicine Of The Future: How We Can Use It To Heal
Ourselves Now
Jacob Liberman, O.D., Ph.D. explains how to utilize the therapeutic
benefits of light. He says that "light is the basic component from
which all life originates, develops, heals, and evolves." Everything
that humans do is affected in some way by light. Light has been used
for healing since the time of ancient Egypt.
Modern scientists began recognizing the benefits of light therapy in
the late 1700's. Although many people believe the ultraviolet (UV)
light is harmful, Dr. Liberman maintains our bodies need at least a
small amount of UV light in order to function properly. He cites
studies which indicate that, due to all the ways in which we block
sunlight from our lives, including wearing sunglasses designed to
block out UV rays, "it is possible that we are unknowingly
contributing to the increased incidence of blindness and eye disease
in this country." Dr. Liberman does warn against looking at the sun
directly, or exposing ourselves to it between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00
p.m., but emphasizes that light is a nutrient for the body.
He says people need to be outside in natural light, without
sunglasses or sun block, for a minimum of one hour a day. He warns
that warm-white and cool-white fluorescents "should absolutely be
avoided." People who cannot get outside regularly need to equip
their work areas with full-spectrum light fixtures. Syntonics is the
name given to light therapy, which involves utilizing specific
colors for healing specific ailments. Dr. Liberman discusses its
benefits in treating vision problems, seasonal affective disorder
(SAD), cancer, and learning disabilities. He says that "as we
continue to discover and understand the role that light plays in our
lives, its use as both a therapeutic and preventive tool will become
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Health of the eye depends on the well-being of one's entire body.
Vision problems are multiplying at epidemic proportions in our
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Sunlight Exposure Beneficial In Multiple Sclerosis
In a recently published exploratory study, mortality from multiple
sclerosis (MS) was found to be reduced by exposure to sunlight.
Depending on the degree of sunlight exposure, the risk of death from
MS was reduced by up to 76%. No theory on the precise mechanism of
action in this reduction was proposed by the authors. Occup Environ
Med 2000;57:418-421
Sunlight Actually Prevents Cancer
Insufficient exposure to ultraviolet radiation may be an important
risk factor for cancer in Western Europe and North America,
according to a new study published in the prominent Cancer journal
that directly contradicts official advice about sunlight. The
research examined cancer mortality in the United States. Deaths from
a range of cancers of the reproductive and digestive systems were
approximately twice as high in New England as in the southwest,
despite a diet that varies little between regions.
An examination of 506 regions found a close inverse correlation
between cancer mortality and levels of ultraviolet B light. The
likeliest mechanism for a protective effect of sunlight is vitamin
D, which is synthesized by the body in the presence of ultraviolet
B. The study's author, Dr William Grant (wbgrant@...) , says
northern parts of the United States may be dark enough in winter
that vitamin D synthesis shuts down completely. While the study
focused on white Americans, the same geographical trend affects
black Americans, whose overall cancer rates are significantly
higher. Darker skinned people require more sunlight to synthesize
vitamin D.
There are 13 malignancies that show this inverse correlation, mostly
reproductive and digestive cancers. The strongest inverse
correlation is with breast, colon, and ovarian cancer. Other cancers
apparently affected by sunlight include tumors of the bladder,
uterus, esophagus, rectum, and stomach. Cancer March 2002; 94:1867-
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Dr. Mercola: "Sunlight is man's primary source of vitamin D. It
seems quite obvious that man developed in tropical or subtropical
areas and thus, has a need for sunlight as a nutrient.When we
migrated further away from the equator, our ability to obtain
valuable sunlight and its important influence on our health, was
dramatically reduced.
Most all of us need to expose far more of our skin to the sun during
the noon hour to get the beneficial UV-B. Now, I can just hear
scores of you getting alarmed that this recommendation will increase
your risk of skin cancer. Well folks, nothing could be further from
the truth. I will provide all of the documentation and scientific
research to support this assertion in future issues. But, I am
convinced beyond any shadow of a doubt that as long as you avoid
being sunburned, sun exposure at noon on unexposed skin, is one of
the healthiest things you can do for your body. Krispin has been
kind enough to mentor me in the incredible value of vitamin D and
how it is one of the biggest missing nutritional links not being
addressed, even by incredibly astute physicians.
Using foods to optimize people's health has been my driving passion
for more than a decade. I have reviewed tens of thousands of
articles and I missed it big time, so I am sure many others have
also. I will be providing a series of articles in the upcoming weeks
to further expand on this extremely important topic. The necessary
doses for vitamin D are far higher than previously imagined. Most of
us would likely benefit from doses closer to 4,000 units, not 400
units. This is a full order of magnitude higher than the RDAs.
However, the best way to get this is through sun exposure, NOT
though supplements. Unfortunately, for most of us in the U.S. there
are only a few months of the year where this is even possible. Then,
even in those months, if you live in a polluted urban area, or it is
cloudy, there will not be enough UV-B to penetrate the clouds, smog,
or ozone to stimulate vitamin D production in your skin.
I am working with a company on a very inexpensive UV-B meter tha can
be brought with you places, so you can know exactly how much
sunlight you need on a given day to generate vitamin D exposure. It
is a complex determination, since you also need to factor in the
color of your skin. So, most of us will be stuck using supplements.
My favorite is cod liver oil, since that solves another major issue
in our diet, omega three deficiency. However, one needs to be
cautious with supplements at these doses, and the solution will be
to monitor your blood levels of vitamin D." more
You can read the other article on vitamin D in this issue that
addresses the cautions.
...and God said "Let There Be Light" Krispin Sullivan
The Importance of Sunlight and Vitamin D
For the past number of years clinicians, physicians, national media
and the National Institute of Health have been warning Americans to
stay out of the sun. The purpose of this warning was intended to
prevent melanoma, a serious form of skin cancer. In spite of the
ever-increasing use of sunscreens and intentional reduction of sun
exposure, incidence of this cancer is on the upswing. There is some
evidence that the advice given regarding sunlight may have actually
contributed to an increase in incidences of melanoma because of
issues relating to genetics, UV-A radiation, UV-B radiation and
extended exposure times due to reduction in sun-burning by sunscreen
use.
One of the known protectors of skin cells from pre-cancerous changes
is vitamin D. For most Americans the only source of vitamin D is
sunlight. We have a national disaster in progress due to a
misunderstanding of the nature of and need for UV-B and vitamin D.
Naked at Noon, Understanding the Importance of Sunlight and Vitamin
D
The book explains how we get D from food, sunlight and supplements
and how we have become so seriously D deficient by changes in
location (immigration to genetically unfriendly climates), attitudes
and lifestyles. There is a chapter on skin cancer and another on the
importance of essential fats. It also covers information related to
vitamin D's intimate relationship with calcium and magnesium.
"Ultraviolet (UV) light is divided into 3 bands or wavelength
ranges, which are referred to as UV-C, UV-B and UV-A.6 UV-C is the
most energetic and shortest of the UV bands. It will burn human skin
rapidly in extremely small doses. Fortunately, it is completely
absorbed by the ozone layer. However, UV-C is present in some
lights. For this reason, fluorescent and halogen and other specialty
lights may contribute to skin cancer.
UV-A, known as the "tanning ray," is primarily responsible for
darkening the pigment in our skin. Most tanning bulbs have a high UV-
A output, with a small percentage of UV-B. UV-A is less energetic
than UV-B, so exposure to UV-A will not result in a burn, unless the
skin is photosensitive or excessive doses are used. UV-A penetrates
more deeply into the skin than UV-B, due to its longer wavelength.
Until recently, UV-A was not blocked by sunscreens. It is now
considered to be a major contributor to the high incidence of non-
melanoma skin cancers.7 Seventy-eight percent of UV-A penetrates
glass so windows do not offer protection.
The ultraviolet wavelength that stimulates our bodies to produce
vitamin D is UV-B. It is sometimes called the "burning ray" because
it is the primary cause of sunburn (erythema). However, UV-B
initiates beneficial responses, stimulating the production of
vitamin D that the body uses in many important processes. Although
UV-B causes sunburn, it also causes special skin cells called
melanocytes to produce melanin, which is protective. UV-B also
stimulates the production of Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (MSH),
an important hormone in weight loss and energy production.
The reason it is difficult to get adequate vitamin D from sunlight
is that while UV-A is present throughout the day, the amount of UV-B
present has to do with the angle of the sun's rays. Thus, UV-B is
present only during midday hours at higher latitudes, and only with
significant intensity in temperate or tropical latitudes. Only 5
percent of the UV-B light range goes through glass and it does not
penetrate clouds, smog or fog.
Sun exposure at higher latitudes before 10 am or after 2 pm will
cause burning from UV-A before it will supply adequate vitamin D
from UV-B. This finding may surprise you, as it did the researchers.
It means that sunning must occur between the hours we have been told
to avoid. Only sunning between 10 am and 2 pm during summer months
(or winter months in southern latitudes) for 20-120 minutes,
depending on skin type and color, will form adequate vitamin D
before burning occurs." Krispin Sullivan, CN more at the Weston A
Price Foundation..