Sunlight exposure is remarkably effective in reducing disease risk and extending lifespan—even though it causes more skin cancers. The reason is not just related to Vitamin D.
Exposure to sunlight extends the lifespan and reduces the risk of heart disease and other cancers.Synchronizing circadian clocks with blue-rich daylight is as effective, without skin exposure to sunlight.
But sunshine also has a considerable curative effect. Despite the increased skin cancers, people who are exposed to the most daily sunlight have the longest life expectancy. Those U.S. Navy personnel had a death rate from those skin cancers that was three times lower than expected, and they had a 44 percent lower rate of deaths from all other forms of cancer.
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