The benefits from being in the sun
There are so many warnings these days about the dangers from sunlight that you could be forgiven for staying indoors!
This would be a mistake, for there are so many happy experiences to have and wonderful things to do in the sun ... and, yes, sunlight can be positively good for you.
Sunlight activates in you, a gene called pom-C, which in turn helps to:
- Create melanin that determines your skin colour,
- Enhance your sex drive,
- Stimulate your happiness hormones (endorphins) and
- Help you burn fat to keep you thin (by stimulating leptin).
In reasonable doses it has long been known to:
- Help your body to generate essential vitamins - primarily Vitamin D, but others as well;
- Help your body to combat various illnesses... and sunlight can help to clear-up some skin problems;
- Act to reduce your stress through inducing a sense of relaxation and well being. This helps, amongst other things, to re-build your immune system after months of stress at work!
New research suggests that Vitamin D3 has the potential to lower the risk of common cancers (e.g colon, breast and ovarian) by up to 50%.
Anything else?
Yes .. and why not!
Sunbathing can make you look good and feel good...
.... and is also a GREAT way to unwind!
But.. of course, we are talking REASONABLE sunbathing here!
As in most things, the secret is in being reasonable. What is reasonable for you is not necessarily reasonable for your neighbour. This is a classic example of where knowledge is all. Get it right and you will feel and be healthy and look GREAT. The penalty for getting it badly wrong could be severe. For greater details of this whole issue, see the Safe Sunbather's website.
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