Benefits of Vitamin D

1. The flu risk is profoundly reduced by sunlight and vitamin D optimization. One study showed that a group of 100 women who took vitamin D supplementation reduced their risk of winter flu to zero, compared to 24 cases of flu in another group of 100 who were given a placebo. There is no reason to ever have a flu pandemic.

2. There is compelling evidence that autism is a vitamin D-deficiency disease.

3. Melanoma is not caused by sunlight exposure. One study showed that those people who always used sunscreens to stay out in the sun longer had 8.7 times the risk of melanoma as those who never used sunscreens.

4. The risk of prostate cancer may be reduced as much as 80% by sunlight exposure.

5. Breast cancer risk is reduced up to 65% with sunlight exposure.

6. Low blood levels of vitamin D are closely correlated with obesity.
7. Sunlight is the "drug-free" antidepressant. Depression is remarkably reduced by sunlight and light therapy.

8. Tanning-bed use profoundly increases both vitamin D levels and bone strength.

9. Ovarian cancer is much greater in northern states than in southern states. Is sunlight exposure and vitamin D the answer?

10. Colon cancer risk is predicted by lack of exposure to sunlight.

11. Sudden death from heart attacks is 2.4 times more likely in those with the lowest vitamin D levels compared to those with the highest levels.

12. Eighty percent of type-one diabetes in children may be prevented by vitamin D supplementation. The risk of developing type-two diabetes is also dramatically reduced in those with high vitamin D levels.

13. Multiple sclerosis is virtually non-existent among people living at the equator. Is sunlight exposure the protective factor?

14. Sunscreens may be causing melanoma; as sunscreen use has increased by 1800%, melanoma risk has tripled.

15. Sunscreens fail to protect against UVA light; manufacturers face lawsuit in California for making false statements about their products.

16. Sunburns and regular sunlight exposure predict lower risk of lymphoma.

17. High sunlight exposure reduced the risk of 18-20 major cancers.

18. The use of sunlight exposure and ultraviolet light from tanning beds may reduce chronic pain and increase muscle strength.

19. Sunlight may be the best antifungal, antibiotic, and antiseptic.

20. Immune system function may be profoundly improved by treatment with vitamin D.

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