In this episode we talk all about sunlight and it's vital role in your health and longevity. Topics include:
- Our phobia of the sun and why it's completely wrong.
- The sun's role in our circadian rhythms and hormone cycles
- The sun's role in vitamin D production.
- Then we dive deep into what role vitamin D plays in your body, which is extensive, and how deficient we are as a society in vitamin D.
- I bust the persistent myths about the sun and it's role in cancer.
- We talk about the P53 gene and why it's so important to ensure it's doing its job to prevent cancer
- Then we talk about sunscreen and why it's not necessarily your ally in health.
- Then we talk about how to get the proper amount of sun to ensure optimal vitamin D production.
- In this week's Call-to-Action we make a plan for getting the sun you need to optimize vitamin D levels, which will then optimize your health.
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Here's the link I promised to help understand possible toxicity and cancer risks associated with sunscreen.
And here's the link to The Primal Blueprint, which was the source material for much of this podcast.