Pages tagged with "Sun"
- Less vitamin D generated from sunlight by schizophrenia patients – 2016
- Time in sun (in Spain) to get 4,000 IU of vitamin D: half hour in July , 2 hours in October
- Farmers in India have 2.5 times higher vitamin D than office workers – 2016
- Most S. Calif lifeguards have good level of vitamin D (above 40 ng)
- Sunscreen used daily vs discretionary: no difference in skin cancer rate – RCT 2016
- 3 tanning sessions raised vitamin D levels about 4 nanograms for about 4 weeks
- Large variability in response to UV (more than response to oral Vitamin D)
- Sunlight - not too much and not too little
- Sunshine is a cure for “weak and soft muscles” – 425 BC
- Dark-skinned hunter-gatherers may generate 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily
- Diabetes 3X more likely if little aerobic exercise (perhaps low vitamin D)
- Sunbathing (vitamin D) increases lifespan in Sweden by about 1 year
- Many wavelengths of light provide health benefits, not just UV
- There’s a New Sunscreen That Boosts Vitamin D Production (a tiny amount)
- Vitamin D from the sun during Northern winters – contrary to current belief
- Fewer cognitive problems in regions with more sunshine (vitamin D)
- Sunscreen cream (Photocil) which allows Vitamin D to be produced (not US)
- Outdoor activities prescribed by 20 French doctors to treat diseases associated with low vitamin D
- Tanning bed twice a month slightly increased vitamin D levels during the winter – RCT
- The Shadow Rule – you make more Vitamin D when you are taller than your shadow – 1992