Which Is Worse - Avoiding Sunlight or Vitamin D Deficiency

Created April 2019

Sun Avoidance Is a Major Cause of Mortality Mercola

"Which Is Worse — Avoiding Sunlight or Vitamin D Deficiency?" section includes the following

  • “For every skin cancer death in northern Europe, 60 to 100 people die from stroke or heart disease related to high blood pressure, which is strongly associated with vitamin D deficiency, and a lack of sun exposure in particular”

  • “"Epidemiological and observational data thus suggests that sunlight exposure can reduce all-cause mortality, and has particular benefits on hypertension and cardiovascular disease. These benefits are at the cost of increasing the risk of skin cancer incidence, although the overall benefits outweigh the risks as demonstrated by dose-dependent reductions in all-cause mortality with increased sun exposure.”

  • “"Women with active sun exposure habits were mainly at a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and noncancer/non‐CVD death as compared to those who avoided sun exposure. As a result of their increased survival, the relative contribution of cancer death increased in these women.

  • “Nonsmokers who avoided sun exposure had a life expectancy similar to smokers in the highest sun exposure group, indicating that avoidance of sun exposure is a risk factor for death of a similar magnitude as smoking. Compared to the highest sun exposure group, life expectancy of avoiders of sun exposure was reduced by 0.6–2.1 years.”

References include

* Sun avoidance increases risk of death by 2X – April 2014 * Avoiding the sun reduces lifespan by 2 years (smoking reduces lifespan by 10 years) – March 2016 * Nature deficiency leads to disease (less sun, less Vitamin d) – Feb 2019 * Parkinson’s patients 50X less likely to get even a little sun– meta-analysis Jan 2019 * Embrace the Sun – benefits of the sun (Nitric Oxide etc.) – book June 2018 * The risks and benefits of sun exposure – Holick Oct 2016 * Low UVB (thus low Vitamin D) is linked to many diseases – Grant Jan 2016 * Less sun means more disease -Grant, Holick, Cannell, et al Feb 2015 * 5 Amazing Properties of Sunlight You've Never Heard About * Lack of UV 20X more associated with MS than any other variable – Dec 2010 * Health benefits of non-burning exposure to UV light – Jan 2017 * 2200X more problems from no UVB than too much UVB - WHO 2006 * Low UVB (thus low Vitamin D) is linked to many diseases – Grant Jan 2016 --- {include}
Tags: Mortality Sun