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How Vital is Ultraviolet Light For Health?
All life on earth is either directly or indirectly dependent on the sun.
When you are at a serum vitamin D level of 40 ng/ml, your risk for cancer is reduced by 67%, as compared to having a level of 20 ng/ml or less.
I prefer my patients to have a serum vitamin D level of over 60 ng/ml. I have seen levels below 10.
When sunlight shines on your skin, nitric oxide is released. Nitric oxide helps to regulate blood pressure. When exposed to sunlight, nitric oxide is released into your bloodstream. This can help to protect your cardiovascular system and reduces the risk of death from any cause.
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There are undoubtedly a number of chemical reactions that occur, in the human body, when we are exposed to sunshine that haven't even been identified yet.
Vitamin D impacts our immunity, helps to get calcium into our bones and teeth and impacts over 5,000 genes. We are constantly finding out more about why vitamin D is so vital to our health. I recently did a blog on how a vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy can increase the chances of having an autistic child.