Benefits of Sunlight for Health

Whoa, guys.

Wow.

This is incredible. They opened up an outdoor-

Oh, it's lovely

... space on the roof for this critical care

patient.

In London, King's College Hospital, they put her outside in

the sun.

It feels lovely. I don't wanna leave.

She doesn't wanna leave. From the 1890s to the 1950s, many

hospitals had outdoor solar decks where patients would go

outdoors. We have forgotten this. Look at this photo from the 1930s.

These are patients outdoors in Italy, healing in the sun.

Now, contrast this with some health influencers

fearing every single

photon of ultraviolet light from the sun, walking around with UV

umbrellas, looking like vampires.

It's not good for longevity to avoid the sun.

A very large study from Sweden, published in 2014, followed

29,000 women over 20 years. Those women who avoided the sun

had approximately double the all-cause mortality of the women who went in the

sun. Near-infrared, infrared light, you get these things naturally outdoors

from

the sun. They pass through the clothing, through your body, and are beneficial for

your mitochondria. There are so many benefits to the sunlight

that go

beyond vitamin D. Nitric oxide, the sunlight is known to be

immunomodulatory. It changes your gut microbiome, mood,

circadian rhythm entrainment. Too much sunlight can certainly be harmful

for us,

but moderate, reasonable amounts of sun exposure,

as you see from this patient,

they give her motivation to keep fighting through her illness.

Send this to someone you know who has begun to fear the sun.