Sun Exposure Makes Your Life Longer and Better If You Do It Well

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Very short version:

Avoiding the sun doubles your risk of death.

Short version:

Get sun exposure regularly to be healthy

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The sun is critical to

• general health (e.g. Vitamin D and not only)
• circadian rhythm (morning sun sets the clock) which then sets your sleep and affects likelihood of all chronic illnesses
• happiness ( the sun increases serotonin production, depression correlates with vitamin D deficiency and latitude)
• cognition and productivity (study shows sunlight absence impairs cognition)
• eyesight (myopia comes from insufficient sunlight).

Start gradually and build up to long daily exposure. Doing it this way does not increase your chances for skin cancer, quite the opposite. Regular sun exposure reduces skin cancer incidence versus people who avoid it most of the time.

Long version

This morning right after I woke up I went outside for a ten minute walk. It was -10 degree Celsius and a…