The vitamin of the sun! Boy, that sounds so good. There is no pill to pop, no liquid to drink to get this supplement. Wouldn’t you like all vitamins to be so easy to get into your system?

Exposure to sunlight is truly one of the most powerful healing therapies in the world, far better than the best efforts of current “advanced medicine.” Sunlight is the best source of vitamin D, because sunlight does not cause vitamin D toxicity, and 10 minutes of sun on the hands and face provides enough vitamin D to meet the daily value.

Exposure to sunlight is the only reliable way to generate vitamin D in your own body. The body automatically regulates the amount of vitamin D it produces from sunlight, and there is the added benefit of controlling cholesterol, for bone health and the prevention of autoimmune diseases, cancers and cardiovascular diseases. Humans produce 90 percent of their vitamin D naturally through skin exposure to the sun.

Now I’m going to get a little technical (brace yourself, I don’t do this often). Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble prohormones, the two main forms of which are vitamin D2 (or ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (or cholecalciferol). Vitamin D3 is produced in skin exposed to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B radiation. This vitamin plays an important role in maintaining organ systems. It affects the immune system by promoting phagocytosis, antitumor activity, and immunomodulatory functions.

Vitamin D deficiency can be due to inadequate exposure to sunlight, disorders that limit its absorption, conditions that prevent the conversion of vitamin D into active metabolites, such as liver or kidney disorders, or, in rare cases, a number of inherited disorders. Vitamin D regulates the expression of genes associated with cancers and autoimmune diseases by controlling the activation of the vitamin D receptor (VDR), a type 1 nuclear receptor and DNA transcription factor.

Vitamin D malnutrition may also be linked to increased susceptibility to various chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, tuberculosis, cancer, periodontal disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, depression, schizophrenia, seasonal affective disorder, peripheral arterial disease, and various autoimmune diseases. , including type 1 diabetes.

(Back to non-tech) So you can see how vitamin D is so important to your system. You can also see how easy it is to get vitamin D.

So I guess the big question is ………… What are you waiting for? Go sunbathe!