Sun Exposure: Healthy Or Not? The Answer Will Surprise You!

Sun exposure may be healthy for our skin and health but there are people and research that contradicts this. Is it really healthy or harmful? Check out the article we found at Artiles Mercola.

Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Sun Exposure

Unfortunately, the entire focus of most dermatologists is preventing skin damage, which means ignoring the other side—the benefits—of the sun exposure equation.

This includes heightened protection against a number of internal cancers and other chronic diseases, including heart disease, which kills far more people than melanoma does.

Ironically, recent research shows that vitamin D also improves survival outcomes for melanoma patients. It’s also important for cognitive health, immune function, healthy pregnancy and infant development, and strong, healthy bones, just to name a few.

Sun Avoidance Decreases Melanoma Risk But Increases All-Cause Mortality

A recent study driving home these benefits was completed in Sweden. More than 25,500 Swedish women between the ages of 25 and 64 were followed for 20 years. Detailed information about sun exposure habits and confounding factors were obtained and analyzed in a “competing risk” scenario.

Overall, women who got regular sun exposure had a lower all-cause mortality risk—likely due to their increased vitamin D levels.

Other Research That Puts Melanoma Risk Into Perspective

Previous research has shown that when sunlight strikes your skin, nitric oxide is released into your bloodstream and nitric oxide is a powerful blood pressure lowering compound.

This has led researchers to conclude that sun exposure may prolong your life by significantly cutting your heart attack/stroke risk. One 2013 study mentions an absolutely stunning statistic.

For every one skin cancer death in northern Europe, between 60 and 100 people die from stroke or heart disease, related to hypertension. Knowing your risk of dying from heart disease or stroke is 80 times greater on average than from skin cancer really puts it in perspective.

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