University of Minnesota: Vitamin D and weight loss
A 2009 study at the University of Minnesota Medical School shows promising evidence that a person’s level of vitamin D may be a predictor of his or her ability to lose fat.
A 2009 study at the University of Minnesota Medical School shows promising evidence that a person’s level of vitamin D may be a predictor of his or her ability to lose fat.
In his new book The Vitamin D Solution: A 3-Step Strategy to Cure Our Most Common Health Problem, Vitamin D research doctor Michael Holick outlines a program to ensure you are getting the greatest benefit from the Sun and Vitamin D.
Read part 2 of Cardiologist Stephen Sinatra’s interview on his new book Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?
Learn why standing barefoot on the Earth may be the most important health change that a person can make. Read science that shows how the human body must receive electromagnetic energies from Earth to stabilize the body’s fundamental biological rhythms and restore all the body’s systems to optimal health.
For anyone practicing Sun Gazing – where Earthing (standing barefoot on the Earth) is necessary – I highly recommend this reading this article and buying Dr. Stephen Sinatra’s book Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?.
New York Magazine features this article on the benefits of barefoot walking. This article is packed with information will educate and encourage you to return to a more natural way of living and walking – barefoot in harmony with the Earth and your anatomy.
Ancient spiritual texts in India attribute many powerful healing abilities to Surya, the sun god. This article reveals some of the most popular qualities that Surya, the sun, has to share to people as taught in the legends of India.
Health researcher Joseph G. Hattersley presents the finding of numerous studies that show that full spectrum light from the sun improves health and reduces auto-immune diseases, even AIDS. Learn why UV light is necessary for human health because it improves immunity to fight disease.
Prahlad Jani has not had a single drop of water for the past 65 years. In November 2003, Prahlad Jani agreed to participate in a scientific research study led by twenty-one specialists. Prahlad Jani spent 10 days under twenty-four hours of observation where he ingest no food or water. This article published in The Times of India newspaper tells more.
This article by Dr. Mercola – the Internet’s largest alternative health educator -shares important new science that shows how vitamin D deficiency is link to many diseases including heart diseaser, cancer, diabetes, depression, autoimmune disease and many others. Let how you can get more sunlight in your body, increasing vitamin D levels and keeping you healthy.
This article by Dr. Joseph Mercola shares research debunking the myths of sunscreen protection. There is another major problem with sunscreen aside from the potential chemical toxicity and that is it blocks your skin’s ability to make vitamin D by more than 95 percent.
All of us need to get some sunlight in order to remain healthy. Some scientists are now considering sunlight a “super nutrient”. Let’s look at the ways that sunlight helps our bodies.
We’ve heard countless times that sunlight causes skin cancer. We’ve also seen that there is little or even no scientific evidence to support the claim that sunlight causes skin cancer. It appears to be a rather clever marketing pitch for sunscreen. In this article by the University of California, San Francisco, we learn that sunlight actually helps to prevent skin cancer. The scientific evidence is in: “the sun may not be entirely the enemy some people think it is…vitamin D that sunlight helps the body create may help prevent a number of cancers, including skin cancer.”
In 2009, the Journal Clinical Endocrinology studied the effects that sunlight has on testosterone, the main male sex hormone responsible for libido (and sperm production). Research results show that increased exposure to sunlight and higher amounts of vitamin D increase the production of testosterone in men’s body. This is great news for couples trying to conceive a child and for men who wish to have more physical energy and look younger.
In this article Dr. Soram Khalsa states “As a board certified internist, I have chosen, for the last 30 years, to take a personalized approach in my practice of integrative medicine. I have worked with literally hundreds of herbs, vitamins and dietary supplements, to help my patients, often when drugs did not work. In all this time, I have not seen one nutritional supplement that has the power to affect human health as much as vitamin D. This is because Vitamin D is not actually a vitamin – it is a hormone that has the ability to interact and affect more than 2,000 genes in the body.”
Norma Gentile is a professional singer and musician, recording artist, meditation teacher, energy healer and channeler. In 2003, Norma Gentile worked with Elitom Ben Yisrael to record the 2 CD audioclass Breatharian Meditations. In this article, Norma shares her experience while working with Elitom Ben Yisrael – a breatharian shaman. This article provides important information about the process of becoming a breatharian – teaching that breatharianism is much more than simply not eating food.
Qigong master Richard B. Serrano shares the health benefits of sunlight and Sun Yoga practice in this article from Your Spiritual Revolution eMagazine.
Prahlad Jani, a holy man, who is over 70 years old, spent 10 days under constant observation in a hospital in India. During that time, he did not consume food or water and did not pass urine or stool. Doctors claim that Prahlad Jani is in good mental and physical health.
A breatharian since 2001, Elitom Ben Yisrael has released a 2 CD audioclass called Breatharian Meditations. In this audioclass, Elitom Ben Yisrael teaches about the breatharian state and leads guided meditations to help you discover the spiritual energies inside you and surrounding you. Better understand the process of living without eating physical food with the help of Elitom Ben Yisrael, a breatharian shaman and holistic healer.
The online publication Nourished Magazine. wisdom to thrive by posted this article that summaries the practice of sun gazing as is currently taught by Hira Ratan Manek, the famous sun gazer of India, and the history of sun gazing in ancient Europe, Greece, Egypt, India and the Americas. Learn how the sun affects the human body and brain and why cultures around the world have always honored the sun as a great source of biological and spiritual energy.
In recent years, Prahlad Jani of India has shocked the scientific community. Prahlad Jani has the unique ability to live without the need for food nor water. He claims to have lived for over 60 years without any form of physical nourishment. Prahlad Jani claims that he gets his energy from his brain – an ancient yoga technique called amrita.
Recent world events raise concern for many people looking for protection again nuclear radiation. In 2008, radiological health experts in New York City proposed that sunlight and vitamin D could be our body’s main protection against damage from low levels of radiation.
In the Fall of 2005, The International Sun Imbibers’ Society released their first Sun Gazette Newsletter.
This website is dedicated to the free discemination of information on the healing powers of the Sun and the spiritual practices of Sun Gazing and Surya (Sun) Yoga. All information is given in the spirit of the Sun, whom shares its Light and Love without restriction. May all of humanity benefit from the enlightening energy of the Sun and the wisdom of all beings who share in this service of Sun Yoga.