Vitamin D Light Therapy
Sunlight is an essential factor in human nutrition throughout our life. There are few substitutes for it, a light therapy machine is a leading form of non-sunlight vitamin D substitute. Most people spend 90 to 95 percent of their time indoors, thereby, not getting enough sunlight.
Sunlight aids the body in building higher quality flesh because of its influence on the body's ability to digest and assimilate food. It also plays a significant role in proper bone development. A deficiency of sunlight may result in rickets, a condition characterized by deformed, brittle and easily broken bones. This is especially important for children as they continue to grow and develop.
Adequate sunlight increases the oxygen-carrying power of the blood, improving circulation and the blood's power to repair and build tissue. Light therapy is best taken in the nude or with a minimum of clothing. One should bear in mind that the main reason for sunbathing is to revitalize the entire body. Tanning is secondary.
Vitamin D deficient studies states that every person involved with it had pain complaints. Other symptoms include fatigue and bone pain. It also states that the problem is getting worse because of warnings and fears of skin cancer. Fair skinned people, such as those of Northern European descent, are better equipped to absorb Vitamin D from the sun, but because of the high use of sunscreen these people are just as susceptible to becoming deficient as those with darker skin.
Vitamin D malnutrition may also be linked to an increased susceptibility to several chronic diseases such as Autism, high blood pressure, tuberculosis, cancer, periodontal disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, depression, schizophrenia, seasonal affective disorder and several autoimmune diseases
People are using more and more sunscreen at a higher SPF and many are told to avoid direct sunlight all together. That means that valuable Vitamin D is blocked and avoided too, because the sun produces most of the Vitamin D that we need. And according to some, anyone above 30 degrees North latitude is at greater risk in the winter (of becoming Vitamin D deficient), because the angle of the sun prevents the vitamin from getting through to us. This could be why so many people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
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