Lack of Sunshine Causes One Million Deaths a Year
Research by the University of California shows that increasing sunlight and vitamin D intake will greatly reduce the risks of cancer and other debilitating diseases.
Research by the University of California shows that increasing sunlight and vitamin D intake will greatly reduce the risks of cancer and other debilitating diseases.
A Melbourne University study has shown a link between depression and a lack of vitamin D, which is derived from exposure to sunlight. Exposure to sunlight is the most efficient way for the body to produce vitamin D, as little is found in food. A few minutes’ exposure each day during the summer and two to three hours per week during winter, is enough to maintain most people’s vitamin D levels.
On February 1, 2004, Medical News Today published a summary of recent research finding in the United Kingdom (UK). Chairman of the UK Skin Cancer Prevention Working Party stated “telling people to avoid the sun entirely is draconian and unnecessary.”
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.
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.
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.”
Around the world, the farther one gets from the equator, the more likely you are to find people with high blood pressure. Lack of exposure to ultraviolet light may actually contribute to the rise in blood pressure in higher latitudes, according to a new theory from an Alabama researcher.
Qigong master Richard B. Serrano shares the health benefits of sunlight and Sun Yoga practice in this article from Your Spiritual Revolution eMagazine.
In 1923 TIME Magazine published a short article on the “new” old therapy of healing with natural sunlight. Heliotherapy has been widely practices for over 2,000 years. However in 1923, TIME Magazine thought of the sun cure as a new addition to modern medicine.
New research provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma severity. The incidence of asthma cases has increased by more than 300 percent over the last two decades and now affects an estimated 20 million Americans. Learn how daily exposure to sunlight can greatly reduce your asthma and allergies.
This article summarizes Edgar Cayce’s perspective and advise on vitality – the vigor and power of health and wellness. Edgar Cayce frequently references the importance of spiritual practices that awaken the kundalini energy and increase prana or chi energy in the body. He specifically mentions the ability to biologically absorb and utilize the energy of the sun through breathing practices and exercises.
Swiss scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel, and that these positive effects last until early evening.
In the 2nd part of this article, you will learn how to properly sunbathe to improve your overall health and immunity. Sunbathing has been an important healthcare practice for thousands of years. By practicing sunbathing correctly, you can minimize risk or damage and get the most benefits from your time in the sun.
Krispin Sullivan, CN is a researcher, clinical nutritionist and author of Naked at Noon: The Importance of Sunlight and Vitamin D. In this extensive article, Krispin looks at the health benefits of vitamin D and how it is used in the body.
Part 2 of The Miracle of Vitamin D presents how vitamin D from the sunlight is processed in the body.
On Saturday, April 18, 2009 in Sant Vicens de Montalt, Catalonia, Hira Ratan Manek (HRM) gave his lecture on Sun Gazing. HRM teaches that a person can directly absorb sunlight energy in their body to feed, nourish, and detoxify it. This 12-part video last over 1 hour and provides detailed instruction in the practice of Sun Gazing. Spoken English with Spanish translation is provided during this video.
This article by Sri Chinmoy shares the Hindu teachings on Surya, the Sun god, found in the Vedas and Upanishads of India. Part 2 discusses the Purusha and Prakriti and their relationship to the inner and outer sun.
What makes Vitamin D the #1 supplement for the body? What puts Vitamin D in a class by itself?
Vitamin D is more accurately classified as an essential hormone or steroid for the body than a vitamin. Across the board, studies show that the less sunlight a person gets, the more likely he/she is to suffer serious health problems. Adequate Vitamin D produces a 60% reduction in cancers. However, 75% of the population has Vitamin D deficiency. Learn more in this great video from CBN News.
The Vitamin D Council is a group of concerned citizens that believe many humans are needlessly suffering and dying from Vitamin D Deficiency. This article shares the evolution of Vitamin D and colon cancer research, beginning in 1980. Learn how modern medical science shows that Vitamin D has a direct effect on colon cancer cells and overall levels of health.
This article has been removed from Sunlightenment.com at the request of the Vitamin D Council.
May we all one day learn to share our love, light, and knowledge as freely as the Sun, whom shares itself without restriction to all of life upon this planet.
Mike Adams, The Health Ranger, shares his own perspective on the connection between sunlight, vitamin D and skin cancer. Learn what research and science Mike Adams uses to exposure the myth that sunlight causes skin cancer in this 23 minute video.
This article by Dr. Mitchell Gibson tells how the hidden nature of sunlight holds an important key to higher human evolution. Part 1 of this article looks at the five major components of Sunlight: Information Factors, Universal Forces, Energetic Factors, Evolutionary Factors, and Enlightenment Factors.
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.