Health benefit of Sunlight is more than Vitamin D in the blood - many studies

• 5 Amazing Properties of Sunlight You've Never Heard About

• UVB can increase Vitamin D directly in cell
  Topical, Inhaled, etc processed by CYP11A1 creates form of Vitamin D which is not detected by blood test

• Hypothesis: Sun provides more than vitamin D – June 2012

• Perhaps more benefits from UV than just vitamin D - 2006 Lucas

• The sun provides more health benefit than vitamin D – Dr. Lucas podcast – May 2015

• Sun is better than UV, which is better than Vitamin D by Vitamin D Life

• Vitamin D and light conference – June 2019

• Exposing some blood to Ultraviolet light has treated various health problems, then antibiotics came along – April 2016

• UV produces more than vitamin D – Aug 2011

• Ultraviolet Light in Human Health, Diseases and Environment - book 2017

• Many wavelengths of light provide health benefits, not just UV – March 2016

• The sun appears to generate Co-Q10 in our bodies when we eat our greens – Greger April 2016

• Nature deficiency leads to disease (less sun, less Vitamin d) – Feb 2019

• The risks and benefits of sun exposure – Holick Oct 2016

• Health benefits of non-burning exposure to UV light – Jan 2017

• Light and Vitamins - D, A, C, B1, B2, B3, B9, B12, E – April 2018

• Health benefits of the sun - more than just at noon
  Heliotherapy treated children – 1926 many felt that early morning sunlight was better
  Lots of IR in the morning, without the heat of the afternoon

• Nitric oxide (from Sun, UVA, Vitamin D) reduces cardiovascular problems

• Is this better than Vitamin D - sunlight (Wunsch, Mercola) - March 2015

• UVB produced 8X more vitamin D as solar UV – July 2012 - Sun also has UVA

• Many other anti-cancer photoproducts generated on the skin in addition to vitamin D – Jan 2014

• UV – adverse and beneficial effects – review Nov 2014

• UV has treated psoriasis for over a century, guidelines finally agreed upon – Aug 2019

• UVB improvements to Vitamin D receptor appear to improve melanoma survival – Oct 2017

• More UV and vitamin D, less infectious disease – Jan 2017

  Dr. Grant

• 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

• Embrace the Sun – benefits of the sun (Nitric Oxide etc.) – book June 2018

  Animals

• UV improves immune system without increasing vitamin D levels in male mice – Sept 2012

• UV (perhaps Nitric Oxide) better than vitamin D at preventing obesity in rats on a high-fat diet – Nov 2014

• UV better than vitamin D in reducing metabolic syndrome in mice – Thesis Aug 2013

• Less intestinal cancer in mice if add vitamin D, but even less with ultraviolet light – June 2014

• UV for is for the birds

• UVB better than Vit D supplements for pet reptiles file - abstract

  Sun/UV improves health

• Parkinson’s patients 50X less likely to get even a little sun– meta-analysis Jan 2019

• Regular sun exposure benefits health – Dec 2016

• UVB phototherapy (which increases Vitamin D and VDR) decreased risk of many heart and stroke problems – July 2020

  Other Wavelengths, not just UV

• Many wavelengths of light provide health benefits, not just UV – March 2016 Holick

UV and COVID-19

• Coronavirus Disintegration using Ultraviolet Light Therapy - 2020
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• Evidence of Protective Role of Ultraviolet-B (UVB) Radiation in Reducing COVID-19 Deaths PDF