Exposure Sunlight - Articles
Sunlight exposure linked with improved brain function
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Dr. John B.
I’m a huge advocate of sunlight exposure, on the basis that this mostly pleasurable endeavour is associated with wide-ranging benefits for the body. It also appears to benefit the brain. Lack of sunlight in the winter months can lead to lowering of mood and even depression that has been termed ‘seasonal affective disorder’. There ...
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Sunlight exposure plus low antio...
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Dr. Rubens D.
Sunlight exposure plus low antioxidant levels may place older adults at risk for eye disease 15 oct 2008--A European study suggests that the combination of low plasma levels of antioxidants and blue light exposure from the sun is associated with certain forms of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a report in the Oc ...
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Sunlight exposure and skin cancer
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Annet Lenderink
Recent research shows that it is very difficul to separate the effects of occupational and recreational solar UVR exposure (sunlight exposure); therefore the results of this review should be interpreted with caution. However, it is clear that solar UVR exposure does induce skin cancer. Protective measures should be taken in an attempt to reduce the ...
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How Sunlight Exposure Can Improve Your Health And Prevent Cancer
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Fran K.
I was brought up to believe the sun is dangerous and will give me skin cancer so throughout my life I’ve made a conscious effort to stay out of it. I remember beach holidays with my family when I was young, and how my mother would never let us step out onto the beach between the hours of 9am and 4pm. And we still had to cover our entire bodie ...
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Living in the Sunlight
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Nicole M.
"The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be." -Shakti Gawain We can use the law of gratitude to attract people and good relationships to us. When we are thankful, we exude happiness, health, success and love, and that according to the law of attraction makes us a magnet for other people to be drawn t ...
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Interesting study...sunlight hel ...
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Medical Quack
Interesting study...sunlight helps with the exposure to vitamin D, but then we still have to watch the risk of skin cancer...BDIn a study reported online this week in the American Journal of Epidemiology , the researchers found that women with high sun exposure had half the risk of developing advanced breast cancer, which is cancer that has spread ...
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Sunlight and tree's
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david hamilton
Taken from a North west facing window last night. The light changed through the tree's making them silhouettes, with the noisy crows carking and flying around. The Sunset is one of my fav photographic things, and combining it with natural scenes appeals to me..
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Autumn Sunlight
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david hamilton
I have finished my five day stretch at work.The weather has got colder, the sun has been shining. The garden is looking like it has partied all over the summer and is feeling tired now.My only flowers are a few busy lizzies, some late anemones, and Erysimum.The orange roses have lost their leaves and are just stems, slightly frost bitten.My nasturt ...
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Sunlight for Breastfed Babes
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Starre V.
An interesting piece in the NY Times today discusses Vitamin D deficiency in babies and toddlers. According to the article, many breastfed children are lacking the nutrient due to many mothers’ insufficient quantity of Vit D in their breastmilk. Additionally, children are not exposed to the sun as they once were, which pediatricians feel could be c ...
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