Vitamin D Research & UV
Continuing research shows that Vitamin D, which is not actually a vitamin, but a hormone, has numerous health advantages and guess what? One of the best sources of Vitamin D is UV. As always we encourage sensible and moderate exposure based upon your skin type, but isn’t it exciting to know that there is a natural way to obtain this critical component of your health?
An interview with Dr Michael Holick, who is the author of a new book entitled The UV Advantage, discusses a number of the benefits of natural sunlight and UV.
The interview conducted by Mike Adams, The Health Ranger, can be read in its entirety at Truth Publishing. com and the book can be purchased on Amazon.com.
Dr Holick has been doing research on the effects of Vitamin D and UV on our health for about 30 years and is a well recognized authority on the subject.
In an interview with Mike Adams of Truth Publishing Dr. Holick answers some very interesting questions.
Adams: “People don’t typically think of their skin as being a pharmaceutical factory, and it’s a new concept for a lot of people. Can you explain this point?”
Dr. Holick: “Yes, in fact the skin is the largest organ in your body, and it’s solely responsible for producing vitamin D and providing the body with its vitamin D requirements. And you’re quite right that it’s basically a factory of all types of chemicals that are being made in the skin, some of which probably alter body functions as well. And certainly one of them is vitamin D.
Adams: “In your research on this, how common is vitamin D deficiency in, say, the American population?”
Dr. Holick: “What’s really remarkable is that vitamin D deficiency is epidemic throughout the entire United States, through all age groups.
And I’ll give you some examples. It’s well known that elders throughout the US are at high risk. And upward of 40 to 60% are at risk for vitamin D deficiency. But we also now realize that even younger adults that are otherwise active and who may be always wearing sunscreen before they go outdoors, or they never see the light of day because they’re working all the time. When we did a study in Boston, we found that students and doctors 18—29 years of age, at the end of the winter, 32% were vitamin D deficient.”
To read the entire, fascinating, interview go to the web at truth publishing.com and download the FREE e-book entitled The Healing Power of Sunlight & Vitamin D.R
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