Fifteen facts you never knew about vitamin D and sunlight exposure.

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Dr. Michael Holick is one of the world’s foremost experts on vitamin D, sunlight and health. This interview by The Health Ranger Mike Adams shares 15 facts about sunlight and vitamin D that you may have never known.

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Sunshine is Nature’s Disease Fighter

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Medical researchers are growing increasingly excited about a wonder drug that may significantly reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many other diseases — sunshine.

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The Miracle of Vitamin D – Introduction

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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 1 of The Miracle of Vitamin D introduces this informative article.

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What If Vitamin D Deficiency Is a Cause of Autism?

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Scientific American, a reputable science magazine, has published an article that examines that cause of autism. Is vitamin D deficiency the cause of autism? Scientific American has lots of evidence that answers ‘yes’.

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Sunlight’s Healthy Rays Help Guard Against Autism

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Is the lack of healthy sunlight exposure and vitamin D in a child’s mother the cause of childhood autism? Mothers missing on the first source of vitamin D can affect their child’s health. Without a neurosteroid that depends on vitamin D, called calcitriol, prenatal children do not regulate brain development well enough to fully develop. The neurosteroid also protects against viral infections during pregnancy that can contribute to poor development.

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Vitamin D Prevents Cancer: Is It True? video

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This 30 minute video by UCSD School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center shares some of the newest science and research that proves that Vitamin D prevents many forms of cancer and improves overall health.

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Gene study supports link between vitamin D deficiency and disease

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A new study led by Oxford University in England has mapped the points at which vitamin D interacts with our DNA – and identified over 200 genes directly influenced by vitamin D. It is estimated that 1 billion people worldwide do not have sufficient vitamin D. This deficiency is thought to be largely due to insufficient exposure to the sun and in some cases to poor diet.

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Lack of sunlight linked to male infertility

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An infertility study has revealed vitamin D deficiency among men who are unable to impregnate their partners. The discovery surprised the researchers, who were investigating the incidence of DNA fragmentation of sperm. Sunlight is the major source of vitamin D.

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Vitamin D aids cystic fibrosis patients

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Cystic Fibrosis is the most common inherited genetic respiratory disorder in the Western World. New research shows that adequate sunlight exposure and Vitamin D aids cystic fibrosis and asthma patients to help prevent severe allergic response.

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A Second Opinion on Sunshine: It Can Be Good Medicine After All

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The New York Times published an article in the newspaper’s Personal Health section on June 17, 2003 by Jane E. Brody.  This article shares research by many prominent scientists in the fields of medicine, dermatology, aeronautics, and space research on the effects of sunshine on human health.

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Lack of Sunshine Causes One Million Deaths a Year

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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.

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Ray of sunshine gives brighter future with mental health

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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.

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Stop telling people to avoid sun – say cancer experts

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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.”

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University of Minnesota: Vitamin D and weight loss

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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.

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The Vitamin D Solution: A 3-Step Strategy to Cure Our Most Common Health Problem

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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.

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Vitamin D Deficiency is Why You Get Flu!

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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.

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Trash Your Sunscreen and Other Summer Sun Tips

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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.

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Spotlight on Sunlight

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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.

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Can Sunlight Help Prevent Skin Cancer?

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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.”

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Lack of Light Causes High Blood Pressure?

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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.

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What’s a Vitamin D Deficiency? video

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Get a general overview of Vitamin D and Vitamin D Deficiency science and research in this 44 minute video by UCSD School of Medicine and GrassrootsHealth. Vitamin D expert Dr. Robert Heaney, M.D. presents valuable information about why adequate Vitamin D intake is necessary for optimal health, and show the health problems that result from too little Vitamin D and sunlight exposure.

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