Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
See book keywords and concepts |  This is an excellent method for maximum impact," she says, "because the body receives the same effect as natural sunlight in the morning. You wake up quicker and with less morning shock."
Additionally, you may consider using a light box; these specially designed devices use full-spectrum fluorescent lights to simulate early-morning sunlight. Light boxes typically cost $100 to $450 and are widely available in various sizes and styles, from wall units to desk lamps to visors. They usually come in values of 5,000 to 10,000 lux. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  Since being exposed to natural sunlight is one of the most natural needs humans are born with, it is, therefore, unnecessary to have this vitamin present in the mother's milk. Just like plants need sunlight to grow, humans need sunlight as well. The major cause of vitamin D deficiency among babies is keeping them in dark rooms with little or no natural light. But even with less than adequate sun exposure, they are still capable of absorbing sufficient amounts of calcium from the blood necessary for the building of healthy bones. | | Guidelines for Increasing Sun Exposure
If you wish to benefit from the sun but cannot afford much time to be outdoors, there are several ways to increase your exposure to sunlight:
• Windows should consist of glass that permits UV light to enter
• Have as many such windows as possible
• Keep your curtains pushed back so that you have maximum exposure
• Depending on weather and the season, keep your windows open
• Install as many full spectrum lights as possible (the best alternative to natural sunlight)
Those living in a moderate climate can sunbathe regularly. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
See book keywords and concepts | | Make it a habit to get outdoors first thing in the morning to exposure yourself to natural sunlight. Alternately, you can sit by a large, east-facing window while you eat breakfast or spend your lunch break outdoors. Unfortunately, the sun's ultraviolet rays can damage the skin and eyes, leading to various health problems, so be sure to wear UV-protective sunglasses (with minimal tint so the light can enter your retinas) and sunscreen.
Many things may prevent you from spending prolonged periods outdoors: cold weather, illness, work, and other obligations. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts | | Shaw proved that those who spent most of their time exposed to natural sunlight had by far the lowest risk of developing skin cancer. In sharp contrast to those living or working outdoors, office workers who were exposed to artificial light during most of their working hours had the highest risk of developing melanomas. She also discovered that fluorescent lights cause mutations in cultures of animal cells.
Dr. Shaw's research led to the conclusion that both in Australia and Great Britain, melanoma rates were high among professional and office workers and low in people working outdoors. | | To aid the healing process, regular exposure of one's body to fresh air and natural sunlight can be very beneficial, too, as both have strong immune-stimulating effects. These and similar measures greatly help the body to overcome a toxicity crisis within the shortest possible time. Trusting in the body and not being afraid of it play a key role in one's recovery.
All serious diseases are "innocent" in the beginning. Most of them start off as simple colds, headaches, stomach pains, indigestion, intestinal cramps, fatigue, stiffness of joints, skin trouble, and similar minor ailments. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts | | If you think of the colors of the rainbow as different nutrients or vitamins, then natural sunlight combines all of those colors into one multi-colored white light and projects that healing white light all the way through space to arrive on planet earth, where it can touch your skin and have a powerful healing effect.
Natural sunlight is, I believe, absolutely essential for optimum human health. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
See book keywords and concepts |  It tends to show up most in people who work indoors for extended periods, especially in air-conditioned rooms, or those who are not exposed to enough natural sunlight and fresh air. In terms of microbes, it correlates bioenergetically to many bacteria strains, including Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Legionella, so it is implicated in ulcers of the ears, nose, skin, tonsils, and bladder, and in dental root canal infections, gastrointestinal catarrh, and other associated conditions. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
See book keywords and concepts |  Depriving yourself of natural sunlight has known health consequences, from chaotic circadian rhythms to depression. Circadian rhythms are the patterns of repeated activity associated with cycles of day and night. Our internal rhythms repeat roughly every twenty-four hours, and involve the sleep-wake cycle, the ebb and flow of hormones, the rise and fall of body temperature, and other subtle rhythms that mesh with the twenty-four-hour solar day. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  The use of natural sunlight and various forms of light therapy has been effective in reestablishing the body's natural rhythm.
Natural sunlight contains the full wavelength spectrum needed for maintaining health. It triggers the impulses that regulate most bodily functions. Artificial lighting— incandescent and fluorescent—lacks the complete balanced spectrum found in sunlight. Without certain wavelengths, the body cannot absorb some nutrients. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  All of this also goes to show why people who pursue healthy diets tend to have such a positive outlook and outstanding mental health -- it's the foods, stupid, because the food greatly affects your mental state, and if you eat healing foods, and foods rich in vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients, then you're going to have healthy mental function and will probably never experience depression, especially if you combine these foods with natural sunlight. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  To solve the vitamin D problem, the only thing the people need to do is start drinking cod liver oil by the tablespoon, or exposing their skin to natural sunlight on a regular basis.
Our medical community doesn't test for nutritional deficiencies because nobody makes any money when the tests come back positive. Anybody can sell nutritional supplements, of course, but what I mean is that there's no controlling interest of the drugs that would be used to treat vitamin D deficiencies as in the case of AIDS. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts |  Radiowave densities are now 100-200 mi llion times greaterthan the amount provided in natural Sunlight; the advent of superconducting cables will increase the density another 10-20 times.
ELF electric 1/200th of a Volt/cm. increased brainstem Acetylcholine, activating a stress signal without one's knowledge (the same field as a typical office with .01 -.1 Volt/centimeter and a magnetic field .01-.1 gauss), and lowering reaction speed. Monkeys were affected by .0035 Volt (a color TV at 60 feet). An electric fieldonlyslightlystrongerthantheEarth'sof.l and 1 hz. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Today, very few people get adequate sunlight, so we could create mechanisms by which our skin produces more vitamin D with less exposure to natural sunlight. We could also engineer the body to produce vitamin C, which is produced by other animals like dogs and cats, but is not produced in the human body.
These are just a few small examples of the many ways in which genetic engineering can help alter our health outcome by changing our hardware and software. Yet, I think there are many other important applications of genetic engineering. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  We evolved under natural sunlight, not under fluorescent lights with a lifetime supply of sunscreen on the shelf. We need sunlight in order to be healthy. I've covered this in dozens of other articles on this site. Now we have additional evidence backing up that notion, and it may finally begin to turn the tide and help doctors and researchers realize they need to stop telling people to avoid sunlight and start telling people to get more sunlight.
Of course it's all about sensible exposure, which is determined by the pigmentation in your skin. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  That's not to say that the herb can't be helpful while you're making lifestyle changes that improve your mental outlook (such as dietary changes, increased exposure to natural sunlight, taking up exercise, and so on), but to depend on St. John's Wort day in and day out is no different than being hooked on Prozac (except the herb is a lot more affordable and doesn't have negative side effects).
All this is extremely frustrating for practitioners of alternative medicine, holistic medicine, herbalists, nutritionists, etc. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths, facts and statistics page summarizing the key points of this interview.
Dr. Holick: A study was done in Mass General Hospital. They found over 50% of inpatients - these are young adults, and middle aged, and older adults - were vitamin D deficient. | | Adams: Do you think part of the reason the health benefits of natural sunlight aren't getting a lot of attention is because there's no money in it? I mean, sunshine's free.
Dr. Holick: It certainly is a part of it. And like I said, the problem is that vitamin D deficiency has such subtle but incredibly important health implications. It's the subtlety that's the problem. I mean, when you mention the word cancer, everybody's aware of that, and everybody's aware of how serious cancer is. And so people will immediately help fund that kind of research, and promote that kind of research. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Sensible exposure to natural sunlight generates cancer-preventing vitamin D... at no charge! Sunburns are actually caused by nutritional deficiencies (lack of antioxidants in the skin), not by sensible exposure to sunlight.
See http://www.newstarget.com/Vitamin_D.html
Lie #6: CT scans (CAT scans) are perfectly safe.
Truth #6: CT scans expose patients to 1000 times the radiation of chest X-rays. Repeated exposure to CT scans raises a patient's cumulative radiation to levels experienced by many hydrogen bomb victims in Hiroshima. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts | | And we know that most of those who are depressed in this country are only depressed because of a lack of nutrition, whether it's through a lack of nutritionally balanced food, or a lack of what I call vibrational nutrition, which is natural sunlight. In fact, virtually every common disease today can be treated if not entirely prevented through foods and lifestyle changes. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths, facts and statistics page summarizing the key points of this interview.
Adams: In your book you talk about the link with calcium and calcium assimilation. How important is that for people to understand?
Dr. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Without a doubt there are influences of natural sunlight that go beyond the creation of vitamin D, and thus a discussion of vitamin D alone cannot account for the nutritional deficiency present in these diseases, nor the ability to treat and reverse those diseases through the consumption of nutritional supplements.
If you think about it, it wasn't too long ago that conventional medicine thought there were only four vitamins: vitamins A, E, C and B. They thought that as long as you had these four vitamins, you would be a healthy individual. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Get natural sunlight on your skin to produce vitamin D -- the majority of Americans are vitamin D deficient, and without adequate sunshine on your skin, you'll probably never get enough (unless you supplement with cod liver oil or other natural vitamin D sources). Without adequate vitamin D, calcium cannot be absorbed in your small intestine.
Engage in weight-bearing exercise -- by stressing your bones with weight-bearing exercise, your body will respond by creating stronger bones, with higher bone mineral density. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Welcome to the big picture of health and healing
They need to look at the whole action of the human body and everything that impacts it, including environment, mind-body interactions, nutrition, chronic stress and things like natural sunlight. When you look at the impact of all of these factors on human health, you begin to get a much clearer picture of the true cause of chronic disease. And once you do that, you understand that these diseases are simply a cascading domino effect. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts | | Make sure your home and workplace are well lit, either by natural sunlight or overhead lighting. Light suppresses the production of melatonin, which is the hormone that produces drowsiness. Full-spectrum light bulbs are best.
Considerations
Q Narcolepsy and sleep apnea are the leading causes of tiredness during the day.
Q A diagnosis of narcolepsy may involve a multiple sleep latency test (MSLT), usually conducted in a sleep disorders clinic.
Q Irregular sleep patterns are just as likely to cause drowsiness as lack of sleep. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Two of the most powerful therapies for health and disease prevention are pure water and natural sunlight. I've written many articles about sunlight, about how it prevents and even reverses mental disorders, schizophrenia, prostate cancer, breast cancer, osteoporosis and even nervous system disorders. And that's available free of charge, all you have to do is walk outside and get some sunshine on your skin. Now, with the work of Dr. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts | | Exposure to natural sunlight and other forms of full-spectrum light is effective in relieving a number of disorders, including depression, hyperactivity, hypertension, insomnia, migraines, and premenstrual syndrome. Sunlight has long been used to treat babies with jaundice. Full-spectrum light, as well as bright white light, is effective in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Common symptoms of SAD, which is also called the "winter blues," are depression, fatigue, overeating, and lowered libido.
• Photodynamic light therapy. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts | | What's most amazing about this study, however, is how researchers have missed the big picture that both prostate cancer and osteoporosis in men have a common cause: lack of exposure to natural sunlight. Sensible exposure to ultraviolet radiation creates vitamin D in the body and prevents both prostate cancer and osteoporosis. Thus, when these two so-called diseases occur simultaneously in a patient, it is not likely mere coincidence. They are, in fact, strongly correlated.
In women, this appears as breast cancer and osteoporosis, or sometimes cervical cancer and osteoporosis. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts | | Fire light simulates natural sunlight, the flicker rate is photic driving in the Alpha and Theta frequencies (4-8 & 9-13 Hz.); and pure metals emit astral light, as do jewels over 2 carats, and certain plant substance preparations. Constraints: Blue light glare in sunlight (but needed to see the other colors) may cause eye aging, retina changes, blurring or loss of vision; and if stared at may bum the retina; use dark orange or red-orange lenses to absorb most blue light rays, grey for some rays' protection. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  The only way to achieve a high state of health is to pursue a healthy lifestyle through nutrition, physical activity, exposure to natural sunlight, strong social interaction, brain exercise, good breathing, staying away from environmental toxins, and so on.
But while the study shows St. John's Wort to be more effective than antidepressant drugs, an educated naturopathic physician or nutritionist may not suggest that you simply switch from antidepressants to St. John's Wort. That is still an allopathic approach. |
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