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It seems sometimes that we live in a bizarro world. We are taught to stay in our homes and to be terrified of outside threats as though our immune system is incapable of defending ourselves. We are conditioned to eat three square meals per day, and the notion of skipping a meal or a day of eating is treated by the mainstream viewpoint as radical or even dangerous. And, we have now gotten to the point in society where we are taught, from a young age, to be scared of the sun.
We are conditioned to slather chemical lotions on our skin which prevent the sun’s rays from interacting with our body chemistry. This is done under the premise that we are not naturally able to withstand the radiation of the sun consistently and still thrive. But aren’t we biologically designed to withstand the sun? Aren’t most animals suited to interact to some degree with the raw power of the sun?
Indeed, there is a risk of damaged or mutated skin cells if the skin becomes over-radiated by the sun’s rays. In all of my studies, it seems like the risk is much more pertinent to develop these types of health risks when an individual gets excessive sun to the point where his or her skin actually sustains a burn. If a person just gets tanned from the sun, without burning, it seems like the risk is quite minimal for serious problems by comparison. So, to me, it only makes common horse sense that a person can reasonably get a frequent amount of sun with relative safety as long as his or her skin is not experiencing burning — the burning of your skin would after all be a pretty good indicator from nature that you are being exposed to too much sunlight and you should stop.
As much as the mainstream scientific community, governments and media obsess over the risks associated with getting too much sun, the equally relevant question is — what is the risk of not getting enough sunshine?
When a human being soaks up sunlight, an amazing thing happens (just as it’s amazing to watch a plant take in sunlight via photosynthesis). There is only one vitamin that our bodies can actually manufacture, with no external inputs in terms of food — Vitamin D3 (AKA cholecalciferol). This vitamin is formed simply by exposure to UVB rays (from the sun) as well as with cholesterol from our bodies.
If humans are biologically designed with the ability to make Vitamin D3 just by simple exposure to the sun, how important must this compound be for our survival and proliferation as a species? Indeed, it is one of the most important nutrients in the human body at any given time. So what is the risk of not getting enough of it?
If you slap some sunscreen on, your body is impeded from absorbing the sun’s UVB rays. Separately, you’re completely lathered in chemicals which can create a whole other issue of toxicity absorption in the skin. So now you are defended against the radiation of the sun causing any amount of damage to skin cells. But how are you supposed to get the Vitamin D3 levels needed?
You could always supplement, but let’s take a step backwards just for a moment. We all need to constantly remind ourselves to look upon nature for the answers. If we were designed to absorb UVB rays and manufacture our own Vitamin D3, and D3 vitamin supplement products must be manufactured and synthesized via a modern process, then that means humans have been completely incorrectly designed by nature. Really?
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