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🌿 S U N L I G H T
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Sunlight the Miracle
Sungazing
Sunlight by Dr. Kime
Solar Civilization
Sunlight / Sungazing
Heal Yourself 101
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🌿 S U N L I G H T
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Sunlight the Miracle
Sungazing
Sunlight by Dr. Kime
Solar Civilization
Sunlight / Sungazing
Heal Yourself 101
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Dr. Zane R. Kime MD
Zane Kime went to San Pasqual Academy / CA for his junior year from 53 thru 54.
He died mountain climbing under mysterious circumstances in 1996.
He became a famous health oriented physician, "sunlight proponent" and
"multiple chemical sensitivity"
Zane Kime went to San Pasqual Academy / CA for his junior year from 53 thru 54.
He died mountain climbing under mysterious circumstances in 1996.
He became a famous health oriented physician, "sunlight proponent" and
"multiple chemical sensitivity"
Sunlight: Our Friend or Enemy?
The Real Story Behind Sunlight
Sunlight Does NOT Cause Cancer
Sunlight Does NOT Cause Cancer
Contrary to popular belief, sunlight does not cause cancer. In fact, cancer rates are much lower where there is the most sunlight, such as near the equator. In his excellent book,
Sunlight, Dr. Zane Kime, M.D., reports many scientific studies that demonstrate sunlight’s beneficial
effects in lowering cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar and how sunlight can increase endurance, sex hormone levels, immunity and even promote weight loss.
What About Sun and Skin Cancer?
Although skin cancer is the result of many factors, Dr. Kime reveals that it is not sunlight alone that leads to skin cancer.
He shows that the reaction of sunlight with toxic dietary chemicals in the skin (especially from the consumption of “bad fats” such as margarine) can lead to skin cancer.
He also shows how consuming a diet rich in key nutrients such as antioxidants can protect against toxic sunlight reactions as well as allowing us to absorb the full spectrum of healing wavelengths naturally present in sunlight.
Cancer: Once Very Rare
In the middle of today’s cancer epidemic, it’s difficult to remember that cancer was once a rare disease affecting less than 1% of the population. Today’s statistics predict one out of every three will develop cancer. Some of the healthiest, most long-lived cultures in the world, such as the Hunzas and Vilcambabas, live at high elevations where sunlight is much more intense than at sea level.
These people typically spend many long hours outside every day, especially in farming. Yet they have traditionally lived to very old ages without getting any form of cancer. Their cultures also have diets rich in whole foods, grown without chemicals or polluted water. Unnatural “bad fats” such as margarine are unknown to them.
The Culprit: Chemicalized Food
Studies show that the incidence of cancer is 6 to 10 times lower nearer the equator, where sun- light is the strongest and where “civilized diets” with its “bad fats” and chemicalized food
are rare. People who eat “close to the earth” and who have consistent, daily exposure to the sun are much less likely to develop skin cancer, such as melanoma, than city folks who are inside all day, getting very little sunlight exposure and eating poor diets.
The Sunlight-Nutrient Connection
For those who have a steady diet of restaurant food (which guarantees constant food chemical exposure), the result is a poor nutritional status. For these folks, sunlight can trigger free radical formation and skin damage that may often lead to skin cancer. Free radicals can cause skin to age prematurely, wrinkle, and sunburn, which can damage DNA and cause skin lesions.
In contrast, research shows that diets rich in key nutrients such as good oils and antioxidants, can help protect the skin against aging and sunlight damage. Antioxidants such as carotenes, can reduce the risk of cancer, including skin cancer, and help prevent DNA damage that can lead to degenerative disease.
Carotenes, a class of compounds found in many plants, can help reduce the free radical activity that causes damage and premature aging of cells. Carotenes are being called nature’s “sun umbrella.” Since they are used up during exposure to sunlight, one’s dietary supply must be adequate to provide continuous protection. Unfortunately, very few Americans get adequate amounts of antioxidants such as carotene because of lack of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Blaming the Sun For Poor Diets
Dr. Kime finds we are blaming the sun for problems that are really caused by poor diets which lead to toxic sunlight reactions such as skin cancer. For example, one study showed a 700% increase in skin cancer in people who ate margarine – these bad fats created a toxic reaction in their skin in the sun. Trans fatty acids such as margarine have been proven to be so harmful that they have even been banned in several European countries.
What About Sunscreens?
A few decades of sunscreen use has not stopped the increasing rate skin cancer. In fact, since chemicals in sunscreens may become carcinogenic (cancer-producing) when exposed to sunlight, use of toxic sunscreens may be part of the problem. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that so-called broad-spectrum sunscreens do not protect against the full spectrum of the sun’s rays, including ultraviolet.
Ultraviolet radiation consists of over 100 different frequencies. Sunscreens do not protect against all of these frequencies, especially when you’ve been eating bad fats. Worse yet, researchers are confused as to which of the sun’s rays are beneficial and which are not.
This is because few researchers have made the connection between poor diet and harmful effects of sunlight. As Dr. Kime points out, if one person has good nutrient status, the sun’s rays may be very beneficial. However, if another person has poor nutrient status, the same sun exposure may be very harmful.
False Security
Using a sunscreen can create a false sense of security when you’re in the sun and may actually increase your risk of skin cancer. Researchers at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston point out: “There is no substan- tial evidence that sunscreens protect against any of the three forms of skin cancer.”
Dr. Robin Marks, a dermatologist and a professor at the University of Melbourne, finds: “Relying on synthetic chemicals to prevent cancer is laughable.” Dr. Arthur Rhodes, a University of Pitts- burgh dermatologist, concludes that sunscreens “appear weakly effective or ineffective” at preventing cancer.
Judging from the original blueprints for a human, we were clearly designed to receive sunlight regularly for good health. In fact, worldwide research shows that sunlight is absolutely essential for good health.
Dr. Kime points out that sunlight is not harmful to healthy people who have adequate amounts of nutrients such as antioxidants and essential fatty acids. It appears that nature
intended we get most of our vitamin D from the sun since vitamin D is almost totally absent in vegetable foods.
Osteoporosis and Lack of Sunlight
When sunlight strikes the skin, it sets off a multi-staged process whereby cholesterol is ultimately changed into vitamin D. Vitamin D is essential for the utilization of cal- cium and for collagen formation to build healthy bones. Lack of sunlight is partially responsible for our epidemic of osteoporosis, especially in older people.
Osteoporosis is severe bone loss that can lead to terrible joint and bone pain, fractures and humping over. One study found that 36% of elderly men and 47% of elderly women were critially deficient in vitamin D. Even moderate sun ex- posure (including indirect sunlight) can help to alleviate this problem. However, sunlight through window glass will not activate vitamin D synthesis.
Sunlight and Eye Health
All of life developed and flourished under the sun. With- out sunlight, life could not exist. For best eye health, the retina needs the whole spectrum of solar radiation. Sunlight absorbed by the retina of the eye is a very im- portant skin and whole body nutrient. Research shows that sunlight frequencies entering the eye are dispersed to every organ, gland and body system. Wearing glasses or contacts, especially tinted lenses, can screen out important frequencies that are critical to good health. However, if you currently have a poor nutrient status, you may need to temporarily avoid direct sunlight exposure until you improve your nutrient status.
Good Nutrition and Sunlight
If you are a typical “cave dweller,” inside all day with very little sunlight exposure, eating mostly a restaurant diet, the first key is good nutrition. Switch to a healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables and begin using the Sunlight Protection and Good Health Kit called the Super Food Trio.
After you’ve been using the Super Food Trio for a few weeks and are building up your nutrient status, you may want to slowly start building up your “sun time”. First, begin by sitting outside in shade, such as on a porch, for 5 or 10 minutes, without direct exposure to the sun. You will still get the beneficial radiation of the sun but without direct sun exposure. (Sitting behind glass or metal screens will not work.) Gradually build up to an hour outside daily. Some experts claim at least one hour of unfiltered sunlight per day is essential to health, although indirect sun is fine.
Reference:
Kime, Zane, MD, Sunlight, World Health Publications, 1980.
Sunlight, Dr. Zane Kime, M.D., reports many scientific studies that demonstrate sunlight’s beneficial
effects in lowering cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar and how sunlight can increase endurance, sex hormone levels, immunity and even promote weight loss.
What About Sun and Skin Cancer?
Although skin cancer is the result of many factors, Dr. Kime reveals that it is not sunlight alone that leads to skin cancer.
He shows that the reaction of sunlight with toxic dietary chemicals in the skin (especially from the consumption of “bad fats” such as margarine) can lead to skin cancer.
He also shows how consuming a diet rich in key nutrients such as antioxidants can protect against toxic sunlight reactions as well as allowing us to absorb the full spectrum of healing wavelengths naturally present in sunlight.
Cancer: Once Very Rare
In the middle of today’s cancer epidemic, it’s difficult to remember that cancer was once a rare disease affecting less than 1% of the population. Today’s statistics predict one out of every three will develop cancer. Some of the healthiest, most long-lived cultures in the world, such as the Hunzas and Vilcambabas, live at high elevations where sunlight is much more intense than at sea level.
These people typically spend many long hours outside every day, especially in farming. Yet they have traditionally lived to very old ages without getting any form of cancer. Their cultures also have diets rich in whole foods, grown without chemicals or polluted water. Unnatural “bad fats” such as margarine are unknown to them.
The Culprit: Chemicalized Food
Studies show that the incidence of cancer is 6 to 10 times lower nearer the equator, where sun- light is the strongest and where “civilized diets” with its “bad fats” and chemicalized food
are rare. People who eat “close to the earth” and who have consistent, daily exposure to the sun are much less likely to develop skin cancer, such as melanoma, than city folks who are inside all day, getting very little sunlight exposure and eating poor diets.
The Sunlight-Nutrient Connection
For those who have a steady diet of restaurant food (which guarantees constant food chemical exposure), the result is a poor nutritional status. For these folks, sunlight can trigger free radical formation and skin damage that may often lead to skin cancer. Free radicals can cause skin to age prematurely, wrinkle, and sunburn, which can damage DNA and cause skin lesions.
In contrast, research shows that diets rich in key nutrients such as good oils and antioxidants, can help protect the skin against aging and sunlight damage. Antioxidants such as carotenes, can reduce the risk of cancer, including skin cancer, and help prevent DNA damage that can lead to degenerative disease.
Carotenes, a class of compounds found in many plants, can help reduce the free radical activity that causes damage and premature aging of cells. Carotenes are being called nature’s “sun umbrella.” Since they are used up during exposure to sunlight, one’s dietary supply must be adequate to provide continuous protection. Unfortunately, very few Americans get adequate amounts of antioxidants such as carotene because of lack of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Blaming the Sun For Poor Diets
Dr. Kime finds we are blaming the sun for problems that are really caused by poor diets which lead to toxic sunlight reactions such as skin cancer. For example, one study showed a 700% increase in skin cancer in people who ate margarine – these bad fats created a toxic reaction in their skin in the sun. Trans fatty acids such as margarine have been proven to be so harmful that they have even been banned in several European countries.
What About Sunscreens?
A few decades of sunscreen use has not stopped the increasing rate skin cancer. In fact, since chemicals in sunscreens may become carcinogenic (cancer-producing) when exposed to sunlight, use of toxic sunscreens may be part of the problem. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that so-called broad-spectrum sunscreens do not protect against the full spectrum of the sun’s rays, including ultraviolet.
Ultraviolet radiation consists of over 100 different frequencies. Sunscreens do not protect against all of these frequencies, especially when you’ve been eating bad fats. Worse yet, researchers are confused as to which of the sun’s rays are beneficial and which are not.
This is because few researchers have made the connection between poor diet and harmful effects of sunlight. As Dr. Kime points out, if one person has good nutrient status, the sun’s rays may be very beneficial. However, if another person has poor nutrient status, the same sun exposure may be very harmful.
False Security
Using a sunscreen can create a false sense of security when you’re in the sun and may actually increase your risk of skin cancer. Researchers at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston point out: “There is no substan- tial evidence that sunscreens protect against any of the three forms of skin cancer.”
Dr. Robin Marks, a dermatologist and a professor at the University of Melbourne, finds: “Relying on synthetic chemicals to prevent cancer is laughable.” Dr. Arthur Rhodes, a University of Pitts- burgh dermatologist, concludes that sunscreens “appear weakly effective or ineffective” at preventing cancer.
Judging from the original blueprints for a human, we were clearly designed to receive sunlight regularly for good health. In fact, worldwide research shows that sunlight is absolutely essential for good health.
Dr. Kime points out that sunlight is not harmful to healthy people who have adequate amounts of nutrients such as antioxidants and essential fatty acids. It appears that nature
intended we get most of our vitamin D from the sun since vitamin D is almost totally absent in vegetable foods.
Osteoporosis and Lack of Sunlight
When sunlight strikes the skin, it sets off a multi-staged process whereby cholesterol is ultimately changed into vitamin D. Vitamin D is essential for the utilization of cal- cium and for collagen formation to build healthy bones. Lack of sunlight is partially responsible for our epidemic of osteoporosis, especially in older people.
Osteoporosis is severe bone loss that can lead to terrible joint and bone pain, fractures and humping over. One study found that 36% of elderly men and 47% of elderly women were critially deficient in vitamin D. Even moderate sun ex- posure (including indirect sunlight) can help to alleviate this problem. However, sunlight through window glass will not activate vitamin D synthesis.
Sunlight and Eye Health
All of life developed and flourished under the sun. With- out sunlight, life could not exist. For best eye health, the retina needs the whole spectrum of solar radiation. Sunlight absorbed by the retina of the eye is a very im- portant skin and whole body nutrient. Research shows that sunlight frequencies entering the eye are dispersed to every organ, gland and body system. Wearing glasses or contacts, especially tinted lenses, can screen out important frequencies that are critical to good health. However, if you currently have a poor nutrient status, you may need to temporarily avoid direct sunlight exposure until you improve your nutrient status.
Good Nutrition and Sunlight
If you are a typical “cave dweller,” inside all day with very little sunlight exposure, eating mostly a restaurant diet, the first key is good nutrition. Switch to a healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables and begin using the Sunlight Protection and Good Health Kit called the Super Food Trio.
After you’ve been using the Super Food Trio for a few weeks and are building up your nutrient status, you may want to slowly start building up your “sun time”. First, begin by sitting outside in shade, such as on a porch, for 5 or 10 minutes, without direct exposure to the sun. You will still get the beneficial radiation of the sun but without direct sun exposure. (Sitting behind glass or metal screens will not work.) Gradually build up to an hour outside daily. Some experts claim at least one hour of unfiltered sunlight per day is essential to health, although indirect sun is fine.
Reference:
Kime, Zane, MD, Sunlight, World Health Publications, 1980.
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STORY AT - A - GLANCE
- People genetically predisposed to vitamin D deficiency are 25% more likely to die from any cause compared to those with different genetics conducive to healthy vitamin D levels
- Researchers with the University of South Australia also revealed that vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of chronic diseases like heart disease, respiratory diseases and cancer
- The more severe the vitamin D deficiency, the greater the risk of mortality became
- For the study, low levels of vitamin D were defined as less than 10 ng/ml (25 nmol/L), which is a severe deficiency state; higher levels of 60 to 80 ng/ml are likely necessary for optimal health and longevity benefits
- Strive to get your vitamin D from healthy sun exposure; higher levels of vitamin D may serve as a marker for sun exposure, which in turn may be responsible for many of the beneficial health effects attributed to vitamin D.
- What are your vitamin D levels? If you’re not sure, getting tested — and then optimizing your levels — could help you live longer. While low vitamin D levels have long been associated with increased risk of death, data on severely deficient individuals are lacking.
Now, it’s been shown that people genetically predisposed to vitamin D deficiency were 25% more likely to die from any cause compared to those with different genetics conducive to healthy vitamin D levels.1
The data came from researchers with the Australian Center for Precision Health at the University of South Australia, who also revealed that vitamin D deficiency driven by genetics increases the risk of chronic diseases like heart disease, respiratory diseases and cancer.2
Too Little Vitamin D Increases Risk of Death, Cancer
To find out vitamin D deficiency’s role in mortality, researchers used data from 307,600 people included in the U.K. Biobank, a cohort from England, Scotland and Wales containing data about genetics and health. Study author Josh Sutherland explained in a news release:3
“Vitamin D deficiency has been connected with mortality, but as clinical trials have often failed to recruit people with low vitamin D levels — or have been prohibited from including vitamin deficient participants — it’s been challenging to establish causal relationships ...
We used a new genetic method to explore and affirm the non-linear relationships that we’ve seen in observational settings, and through this we’ve been able give strong evidence for the connection between low vitamin D status and premature death.”
In addition to increasing risk of all-cause mortality by 25%, people genetically predisposed to vitamin D deficiency also had a:4
Further, the more severe the vitamin D deficiency, the greater the risk of mortality became.5 It should be noted that low levels of vitamin D were defined as less than 10 ng/ml (25 nmol/L), which is a severe deficiency state. I would consider 20 ng/ml as a bare minimum level for health.
“While severe vitamin D deficiency is rarer in Australia than elsewhere in the world, it can still affect those who have health vulnerabilities, the elderly, and those who do not acquire enough vitamin D from healthy sun exposure and dietary sources,” Sutherland said. “Our study provides strong evidence for the connection between low levels of vitamin D and mortality, and this is the first study of its kind to also include respiratory disease related mortality as an outcome.”6
Optimize Vitamin D to Lower Cancer, Disease Risk
Optimizing your vitamin D level is one strategy that can boost your health in myriad ways. A deficiency in vitamin D has been implicated in such problems as multiple sclerosis7 and Parkinson’s disease,8 for instance.
The link between Parkinson’s and vitamin D is so strong that one study found people with high vitamin D levels had a 65% lower risk of Parkinson’s compared to those with low vitamin D levels.9
Vitamin D also significantly reduces oxidative stress in your vascular system, which can prevent the development of heart disease.10 And, based on data from 191,779 American patients, people with a vitamin D level of at least 55 ng/mL (138 nmol/L) had a significantly lower SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate compared to those with a level below 20 ng/mL (50 nmol/L).11 In addition, optimizing your vitamin D levels is one of the absolute best strategies to slash your cancer risk.
Previous research found that a vitamin D level of 47 ng/ml was associated with a 50% lower risk of breast cancer.12 Further, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine reported that raising your vitamin D level to at least 40 ng/ml can slash your risk of all invasive cancers by 67%.13
Another analysis — this one conducted by GrassrootsHealth and published June 2018 in PLOS ONE — showed women with a vitamin D level at or above 60 ng/ml (150 nmol/L) had an 82% lower risk of breast cancer compared to those with levels below 20 ng/ml (50 nmol/L).14
An earlier study, which looked at women in the U.K., found having a vitamin D level above 60 ng/mL resulted in an 83% lower breast cancer risk.15,16 As for how vitamin D fights cancer, GrassrootsHealth explained:17
“Vitamin D may play a number of roles in the prevention of breast cancer development and progression.
The biologically active form of vitamin D, 1,25(OH)2D3, binds to the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in normal breast epithelium and this complex regulates the cell cycle, promotes differentiation, increases cell-to-cell adhesion, protects cells from DNA damage, regulates cytokines, activates immune cells, and suppresses inflammation, all of which may act to reduce malignant transformations.
In breast cancer cells, this complex also activates apoptosis and other mechanisms to suppress tumor growth.”
Vitamin D Deficiency Leads to Dementia
In another study utilizing data from the U.K. Biobank, University of South Australia researchers revealed that vitamin D deficiency may lead to dementia.18 Those who were deficient had an increased risk of dementia and stroke, with the strongest association found for people with vitamin D levels below 10 ng/ml (25 nmol/L).19
Low vitamin D levels were also associated with lower brain volumes, and genetic analyses suggested there’s a causal relationship between vitamin D deficiency and dementia. Further, the researchers found that up to 17% of dementia cases in some populations may be prevented if people raised their vitamin D levels to 20 ng/ml (50 nmol/L).20 Study author Professor Elina Hyppönen explained:21
“Vitamin D is a hormone precursor that is increasingly recognized for widespread effects, including on brain health, but until now it has been very difficult to examine what would happen if we were able to prevent vitamin D deficiency.
... Dementia is a progressive and debilitating disease that can devastate individuals and families alike. If we’re able to change this reality through ensuring that none of us is severely vitamin D deficient, it would also have further benefits and we could change the health and wellbeing for thousands.”
In a separate six-year study that followed 1,658 people, vitamin D deficiency was also associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.22 In fact, people who were severely deficient in vitamin D had a 125% increased risk of developing dementia, whereas those who were moderately deficient were at a 53% greater risk.
For Alzheimer’s disease specifically, being severely vitamin D deficient was linked to a 122% increased risk compared to a 69% increase for those who were moderately deficient.23 In addition:
What Are Optimal Vitamin D Levels?
I’ve long recommended a vitamin D level of 60 to 80 ng/ml (150-200 nmol/L) for optimal health and disease prevention. A level upward of 100 ng/mL also appears safe and beneficial for certain conditions, especially cancer.
Remember that the only way to determine how much sun exposure is enough and/or how much vitamin D3 you need to take is to measure your vitamin D level, ideally twice a year. The D*Action Project by GrassrootsHealth is a cost-effective way to do this, while simultaneously progressing valuable research.
To participate, simply purchase a D*Action Measurement Kit and follow the registration instructions included. When supplementing, also remember to take synergistic effects with other nutrients into account. If you take high-dose vitamin D, you may also need to increase your intake of:
These four nutrients — vitamins D and K2, calcium and magnesium — all work in tandem and rely on sufficient amounts of each to work optimally. Once you’ve confirmed your vitamin D levels via testing, remember to retest in three to four months to make sure you’ve reached your target level.
If you have, then you know you’re taking the correct dosage and/or getting the right amount of sun exposure. If you’re still low (or have reached a level above 80 ng/ml), you’ll need to adjust your dosage accordingly and retest again in another three to four months.
Is Vitamin D a Marker for Sun Exposure?
I strongly recommend getting your vitamin D from proper sun exposure if at all possible. This is because not only will adequate sun exposure naturally raise your vitamin D levels to healthy levels, but it will provide numerous other benefits, many of which are only beginning to be understood.
It’s quite possible that having higher levels of vitamin D serves as a marker for healthy sun exposure, which in turn may be responsible for many of the beneficial health effects attributed to vitamin D — including increased longevity and lower cancer risk.
Many people are not aware that only 5% of your body’s melatonin — a potent anticancer agent — is produced in your pineal gland. The other 95% is produced inside your mitochondria — provided you get proper sun exposure. So vitamin D is more than likely a biomarker or surrogate for sun exposure, which is intricately involved in melatonin production.27
During the day, if you get enough sun exposure, near-infrared rays from the sun penetrate deep into your body and activate cytochrome c oxidase, which in turn stimulates the production of melatonin inside your mitochondria. Your mitochondria produce ATP, the energy currency of your body. A byproduct of this ATP production is the creation of reactive oxidative species (ROS), which are responsible for oxidative stress and free radicals.
Excessive amounts of ROS will damage the mitochondria, contributing to suboptimal health, inflammation and chronic health conditions such as diabetes, obesity and thrombosis (blood clots). But melatonin essentially mops up ROS that damage your mitochondria.
So by getting plenty of sun exposure during the day, your mitochondria will be bathed in melatonin, thereby reducing oxidative stress28,29 and offering a host of health benefits. In short, while vitamin D is important, for optimal health and longevity strive to get it from the sun, not by swallowing it.
The data came from researchers with the Australian Center for Precision Health at the University of South Australia, who also revealed that vitamin D deficiency driven by genetics increases the risk of chronic diseases like heart disease, respiratory diseases and cancer.2
Too Little Vitamin D Increases Risk of Death, Cancer
To find out vitamin D deficiency’s role in mortality, researchers used data from 307,600 people included in the U.K. Biobank, a cohort from England, Scotland and Wales containing data about genetics and health. Study author Josh Sutherland explained in a news release:3
“Vitamin D deficiency has been connected with mortality, but as clinical trials have often failed to recruit people with low vitamin D levels — or have been prohibited from including vitamin deficient participants — it’s been challenging to establish causal relationships ...
We used a new genetic method to explore and affirm the non-linear relationships that we’ve seen in observational settings, and through this we’ve been able give strong evidence for the connection between low vitamin D status and premature death.”
In addition to increasing risk of all-cause mortality by 25%, people genetically predisposed to vitamin D deficiency also had a:4
- 25% greater risk of dying from a heart-related illness
- 16% greater risk of dying from cancer
- 96% greater risk of dying from a lung-related illness
Further, the more severe the vitamin D deficiency, the greater the risk of mortality became.5 It should be noted that low levels of vitamin D were defined as less than 10 ng/ml (25 nmol/L), which is a severe deficiency state. I would consider 20 ng/ml as a bare minimum level for health.
“While severe vitamin D deficiency is rarer in Australia than elsewhere in the world, it can still affect those who have health vulnerabilities, the elderly, and those who do not acquire enough vitamin D from healthy sun exposure and dietary sources,” Sutherland said. “Our study provides strong evidence for the connection between low levels of vitamin D and mortality, and this is the first study of its kind to also include respiratory disease related mortality as an outcome.”6
Optimize Vitamin D to Lower Cancer, Disease Risk
Optimizing your vitamin D level is one strategy that can boost your health in myriad ways. A deficiency in vitamin D has been implicated in such problems as multiple sclerosis7 and Parkinson’s disease,8 for instance.
The link between Parkinson’s and vitamin D is so strong that one study found people with high vitamin D levels had a 65% lower risk of Parkinson’s compared to those with low vitamin D levels.9
Vitamin D also significantly reduces oxidative stress in your vascular system, which can prevent the development of heart disease.10 And, based on data from 191,779 American patients, people with a vitamin D level of at least 55 ng/mL (138 nmol/L) had a significantly lower SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate compared to those with a level below 20 ng/mL (50 nmol/L).11 In addition, optimizing your vitamin D levels is one of the absolute best strategies to slash your cancer risk.
Previous research found that a vitamin D level of 47 ng/ml was associated with a 50% lower risk of breast cancer.12 Further, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine reported that raising your vitamin D level to at least 40 ng/ml can slash your risk of all invasive cancers by 67%.13
Another analysis — this one conducted by GrassrootsHealth and published June 2018 in PLOS ONE — showed women with a vitamin D level at or above 60 ng/ml (150 nmol/L) had an 82% lower risk of breast cancer compared to those with levels below 20 ng/ml (50 nmol/L).14
An earlier study, which looked at women in the U.K., found having a vitamin D level above 60 ng/mL resulted in an 83% lower breast cancer risk.15,16 As for how vitamin D fights cancer, GrassrootsHealth explained:17
“Vitamin D may play a number of roles in the prevention of breast cancer development and progression.
The biologically active form of vitamin D, 1,25(OH)2D3, binds to the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in normal breast epithelium and this complex regulates the cell cycle, promotes differentiation, increases cell-to-cell adhesion, protects cells from DNA damage, regulates cytokines, activates immune cells, and suppresses inflammation, all of which may act to reduce malignant transformations.
In breast cancer cells, this complex also activates apoptosis and other mechanisms to suppress tumor growth.”
Vitamin D Deficiency Leads to Dementia
In another study utilizing data from the U.K. Biobank, University of South Australia researchers revealed that vitamin D deficiency may lead to dementia.18 Those who were deficient had an increased risk of dementia and stroke, with the strongest association found for people with vitamin D levels below 10 ng/ml (25 nmol/L).19
Low vitamin D levels were also associated with lower brain volumes, and genetic analyses suggested there’s a causal relationship between vitamin D deficiency and dementia. Further, the researchers found that up to 17% of dementia cases in some populations may be prevented if people raised their vitamin D levels to 20 ng/ml (50 nmol/L).20 Study author Professor Elina Hyppönen explained:21
“Vitamin D is a hormone precursor that is increasingly recognized for widespread effects, including on brain health, but until now it has been very difficult to examine what would happen if we were able to prevent vitamin D deficiency.
... Dementia is a progressive and debilitating disease that can devastate individuals and families alike. If we’re able to change this reality through ensuring that none of us is severely vitamin D deficient, it would also have further benefits and we could change the health and wellbeing for thousands.”
In a separate six-year study that followed 1,658 people, vitamin D deficiency was also associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.22 In fact, people who were severely deficient in vitamin D had a 125% increased risk of developing dementia, whereas those who were moderately deficient were at a 53% greater risk.
For Alzheimer’s disease specifically, being severely vitamin D deficient was linked to a 122% increased risk compared to a 69% increase for those who were moderately deficient.23 In addition:
- Higher intake of dietary vitamin D was associated with a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease among older women24
- Among the elderly (including the “oldest-old”) in China, low vitamin D levels were associated with increased risk of cognitive decline and impairment25
- Low vitamin D levels among older women in the U.S. were associated with a higher risk of cognitive impairment and decline26
What Are Optimal Vitamin D Levels?
I’ve long recommended a vitamin D level of 60 to 80 ng/ml (150-200 nmol/L) for optimal health and disease prevention. A level upward of 100 ng/mL also appears safe and beneficial for certain conditions, especially cancer.
Remember that the only way to determine how much sun exposure is enough and/or how much vitamin D3 you need to take is to measure your vitamin D level, ideally twice a year. The D*Action Project by GrassrootsHealth is a cost-effective way to do this, while simultaneously progressing valuable research.
To participate, simply purchase a D*Action Measurement Kit and follow the registration instructions included. When supplementing, also remember to take synergistic effects with other nutrients into account. If you take high-dose vitamin D, you may also need to increase your intake of:
- Magnesium
- Vitamin K2
- Calcium
These four nutrients — vitamins D and K2, calcium and magnesium — all work in tandem and rely on sufficient amounts of each to work optimally. Once you’ve confirmed your vitamin D levels via testing, remember to retest in three to four months to make sure you’ve reached your target level.
If you have, then you know you’re taking the correct dosage and/or getting the right amount of sun exposure. If you’re still low (or have reached a level above 80 ng/ml), you’ll need to adjust your dosage accordingly and retest again in another three to four months.
Is Vitamin D a Marker for Sun Exposure?
I strongly recommend getting your vitamin D from proper sun exposure if at all possible. This is because not only will adequate sun exposure naturally raise your vitamin D levels to healthy levels, but it will provide numerous other benefits, many of which are only beginning to be understood.
It’s quite possible that having higher levels of vitamin D serves as a marker for healthy sun exposure, which in turn may be responsible for many of the beneficial health effects attributed to vitamin D — including increased longevity and lower cancer risk.
Many people are not aware that only 5% of your body’s melatonin — a potent anticancer agent — is produced in your pineal gland. The other 95% is produced inside your mitochondria — provided you get proper sun exposure. So vitamin D is more than likely a biomarker or surrogate for sun exposure, which is intricately involved in melatonin production.27
During the day, if you get enough sun exposure, near-infrared rays from the sun penetrate deep into your body and activate cytochrome c oxidase, which in turn stimulates the production of melatonin inside your mitochondria. Your mitochondria produce ATP, the energy currency of your body. A byproduct of this ATP production is the creation of reactive oxidative species (ROS), which are responsible for oxidative stress and free radicals.
Excessive amounts of ROS will damage the mitochondria, contributing to suboptimal health, inflammation and chronic health conditions such as diabetes, obesity and thrombosis (blood clots). But melatonin essentially mops up ROS that damage your mitochondria.
So by getting plenty of sun exposure during the day, your mitochondria will be bathed in melatonin, thereby reducing oxidative stress28,29 and offering a host of health benefits. In short, while vitamin D is important, for optimal health and longevity strive to get it from the sun, not by swallowing it.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
PAUL FASSA IS DEDICATED TO WARNING OTHERS ABOUT THE CURRENT CORRUPTION
OF FOOD AND MEDICINE AND GUIDING THEM TOWARDS DIRECTION FOR BETTER HEALTH
WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON HEALTH FREEDOM.
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PAUL FASSA IS DEDICATED TO WARNING OTHERS ABOUT THE CURRENT CORRUPTION
OF FOOD AND MEDICINE AND GUIDING THEM TOWARDS DIRECTION FOR BETTER HEALTH
WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON HEALTH FREEDOM.
http://www.zengardner.com/wont-tell-sun-full-spectrum-medicine/
What They Won’t Tell You:
The Sun Is A Full-spectrum Medicine
By Elle - BodyMindSoulSpirit
By Paul Fassa
“Those that have attempted to convince the world that the Sun, the Earth’s primary source of energy and life causes cancer, have done so with malicious intent to deceive the masses into retreating from the one thing that can prevent disease.” — Dave Mihalovic, Naturopathic Doctor. [1]
Truth is, we’ve been systematically lied to about the sun and skin cancer for years. This video presentation explains fully. How many know that there is no definitive proof that the sun alone causes skin cancer? [2]
Can the sun cure cancer?
In the book The Healing Sun, author Dr. Richard Hobday documents a wide array of studies which show that the sun protects against cancer of the breast, colon, ovaries and prostate. It can also prevent diabetes, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and high blood pressure, osteoporosis, psoriasis and seasonal affective disorder (SAD). [3]
Then there’s the case of Dr. Harland G. Call, who was diagnosed with skin cancerand was advised by a surgeon to have it removed. Instead, he decided to sunbath the cancerous area.
After a short period of continuous sunbathing, the skin cancer was completely gone. He returned to his MD for a confirmation, and his doctor confirmed that the skin cancer had disappeared and no surgery was required. [3]
According to Dr. Bernarr Zovluck, “Cancer is helped by sunbathing, writes Dr. Zane R. Kime. Kime writes that those who get more sunlight have less cancer. Sunbathing heals cancer by building up the immune system and increasing the oxygen in the tissues.” [4]
Still, we’re bombarded almost daily with dire “warnings” from reputable “authorities” admonishing us, for our own good of course, to avoid the sun at all costs.
Epidemic levels of sun phobiaFor example, Dr. Robin Ashinoff, chief of dermatological and cosmetic surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center advised:
“Wearing sunscreen and then deliberately going out in the sun is almost as [bad] as going out with no sunscreen at all.”
She continued, “You don’t get burned, but the UV rays are still getting into your skin. Sunscreen is important, but you should also wear the right clothing and shield yourself as much as possible from direct sun exposure.” [5]
Is Dr. Ashinoff advocating a vampire lifestyle? The reality is that the vast majority of people, including doctors, have been duped into believing the myth that the sun is toxic, carcinogenic and a deadly health hazard.
That’s why most people slavishly and lavishly slather toxic sunscreens on their skin whenever they anticipate direct contact with the sun’s rays. But in fact, most conventional sunscreens are cancer-causing biohazards. [6] [7]
Meanwhile, the multi-billion-dollar cancer industry and the billion-dollar toxic sunscreen industry are making hay with this hoax. True believers are left scratching their heads in bewilderment as statistics reveal that the dreaded malignant melanoma skin cancer is on the rise. [8]
The sun doctorDr. Auguste Rollier opened the first European “Sun Clinic” in 1903 at Leysin, Switzerland. He also wrote a very influential book: Heliotherapy. He was considered the most famous heliotherapist in the world.
At his peak, he operated 36 clinics. Dr. Rollier espoused that the sun was an unsurpassed broad-spectrum medicine. He healed his patients using a wholesome diet combined with the power of the sun.
By 1933, there were over 165 different diseases successfully treated with heliotherapy including tuberculosis, wounds, rickets and much more. Dr. Rollier’s death in 1954 marked the end of sun therapy not because it was ineffective, but because it had been replaced by Big Pharma’s “miracle drugs.” [9]
Sources for this article include:
[1] http://preventdisease.com
[2] https://www.youtube.com
[3] http://online.wsj.com
[4] http://curezone.org
[5] http://www.northjersey.com
[6] http://www.faim.org
[7] http://www.naturalnews.com
[8]http://institutefornaturalhealing.com
[9] http://www.naturalnews.com
The Sun Is A Full-spectrum Medicine
By Elle - BodyMindSoulSpirit
By Paul Fassa
“Those that have attempted to convince the world that the Sun, the Earth’s primary source of energy and life causes cancer, have done so with malicious intent to deceive the masses into retreating from the one thing that can prevent disease.” — Dave Mihalovic, Naturopathic Doctor. [1]
Truth is, we’ve been systematically lied to about the sun and skin cancer for years. This video presentation explains fully. How many know that there is no definitive proof that the sun alone causes skin cancer? [2]
Can the sun cure cancer?
In the book The Healing Sun, author Dr. Richard Hobday documents a wide array of studies which show that the sun protects against cancer of the breast, colon, ovaries and prostate. It can also prevent diabetes, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and high blood pressure, osteoporosis, psoriasis and seasonal affective disorder (SAD). [3]
Then there’s the case of Dr. Harland G. Call, who was diagnosed with skin cancerand was advised by a surgeon to have it removed. Instead, he decided to sunbath the cancerous area.
After a short period of continuous sunbathing, the skin cancer was completely gone. He returned to his MD for a confirmation, and his doctor confirmed that the skin cancer had disappeared and no surgery was required. [3]
According to Dr. Bernarr Zovluck, “Cancer is helped by sunbathing, writes Dr. Zane R. Kime. Kime writes that those who get more sunlight have less cancer. Sunbathing heals cancer by building up the immune system and increasing the oxygen in the tissues.” [4]
Still, we’re bombarded almost daily with dire “warnings” from reputable “authorities” admonishing us, for our own good of course, to avoid the sun at all costs.
Epidemic levels of sun phobiaFor example, Dr. Robin Ashinoff, chief of dermatological and cosmetic surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center advised:
“Wearing sunscreen and then deliberately going out in the sun is almost as [bad] as going out with no sunscreen at all.”
She continued, “You don’t get burned, but the UV rays are still getting into your skin. Sunscreen is important, but you should also wear the right clothing and shield yourself as much as possible from direct sun exposure.” [5]
Is Dr. Ashinoff advocating a vampire lifestyle? The reality is that the vast majority of people, including doctors, have been duped into believing the myth that the sun is toxic, carcinogenic and a deadly health hazard.
That’s why most people slavishly and lavishly slather toxic sunscreens on their skin whenever they anticipate direct contact with the sun’s rays. But in fact, most conventional sunscreens are cancer-causing biohazards. [6] [7]
Meanwhile, the multi-billion-dollar cancer industry and the billion-dollar toxic sunscreen industry are making hay with this hoax. True believers are left scratching their heads in bewilderment as statistics reveal that the dreaded malignant melanoma skin cancer is on the rise. [8]
The sun doctorDr. Auguste Rollier opened the first European “Sun Clinic” in 1903 at Leysin, Switzerland. He also wrote a very influential book: Heliotherapy. He was considered the most famous heliotherapist in the world.
At his peak, he operated 36 clinics. Dr. Rollier espoused that the sun was an unsurpassed broad-spectrum medicine. He healed his patients using a wholesome diet combined with the power of the sun.
By 1933, there were over 165 different diseases successfully treated with heliotherapy including tuberculosis, wounds, rickets and much more. Dr. Rollier’s death in 1954 marked the end of sun therapy not because it was ineffective, but because it had been replaced by Big Pharma’s “miracle drugs.” [9]
Sources for this article include:
[1] http://preventdisease.com
[2] https://www.youtube.com
[3] http://online.wsj.com
[4] http://curezone.org
[5] http://www.northjersey.com
[6] http://www.faim.org
[7] http://www.naturalnews.com
[8]http://institutefornaturalhealing.com
[9] http://www.naturalnews.com
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