Sea & Sun
See and Say?
No, it’s Sea and Sun- a lot more fun!!!
“Growth is always oriented towards sunlight whereas decay and death are geared away from it. For this reason, people who wish to hide something go into dark places where the sun does not reach, hence the term ‘underground movement’, or else they use dark sunglasses so that the sun cannot enter their eyes and read their soul. When you carry fear of life and of Earth, the solar rays completely understand your state of consciousness, and they reinforce and amplify these fears until you are able to consciously experience fear, pass through it and feel free enough to love. When you begin to love and honor life and Earth, the sun will change its messages towards you, rewarding you with renewed energy, information, and greater opportunities. This is an automatic process.” Andreas Moritz
Have you ever noticed how much better you feel after walking along the water’s edge or just anywhere out in the sun? It can lift your spirits and may be the most valuable health activity known to man.
“Most doctors don’t realize the sun can prevent disease. They want you to avoid sunshine at all costs. But following their advice actually puts you at a higher risk level for heart disease and cancer.” Dr. Al Sears
Dr. Sears’ believes that our ancestors lived in the sun for millions of years, outdoors for most of their lives. “They were naked, near the equator, in tropical environments, and they didn’t use sunscreen, Dr. Sears states, but around the turn of the century, things changed. It started with the invention of the light bulb, which gave us an artificial way to generate light. The industrial revolution soon followed, and people started migrating to the cities and working indoors.”
I agree with Dr. Sears, that this change may have helped us with the conveniences of life but we essentially are the same people who need seasides and sunshine. We need salt water, fresh air and plenty of sunlight. His research supports supplementing with Vitamin D. If you ask your friends, the medical community is now testing blood levels of Vitamin D and discovering more people are below the “normal” limits. It’s a simple test and if you haven’t had yours checked, ask your doctor or get the kit on the Vitamin D Council website posted below. You can take injections or daily over the counter pills. Purity Products offers Dr. Cannell’s Advanced Vitamin D. Dr. Weil, Dr. Sears and others make it available through their websites. Just make sure its Vitamin D3, for proper absorption!
Dr. Cannell takes the concern of modern man’s lifestyle further with his theory on the link between lack of Vitamin D and autism. “According to many studies, more children with autism are born during the spring. March is the time of lowest vitamin D levels in northern mid-latitudes. These areas are further from the sun and get less light. This corresponds to brain damage around the sixth month of pregnancy. ” Autism is more prevalent in regions that receive less sunlight.
Any theory of autism’s etiology must take into account its strong genetic basis while explaining its striking epidemiology. The apparent increase in the prevalence of autism over the last 20 years corresponds with increasing medical advice to avoid the sun, advice that has probably lowered vitamin D levels and would theoretically greatly lower activated vitamin D (calcitriol) levels in developing brains. Animal data has repeatedly shown that severe vitamin D deficiency during gestation dysregulates dozens of proteins involved in brain development and leads to rat pups with increased brain size and enlarged ventricles, abnormalities similar to those found in autistic children. Children with the Williams Syndrome, who can have greatly elevated calcitriol levels in early infancy, usually have phenotypes that are the opposite of autism. Children with vitamin D deficient rickets have several autistic markers that apparently disappear with high-dose vitamin D treatment. Estrogen and testosterone have very different effects on calcitriol’s metabolism, differences that may explain the striking male/female sex ratios in autism. ( Dr. J. Cannell)
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/health-conditions/neurological-conditions/autism/
- Boost your mood and mental performance
- Prevent prostate, breast, ovarian, and many other cancers
- Reduce your risk of skin cancer
- Prevent and treat bone diseases
- Prevent diabetes
- Prevent autism in children
- Reduce your risk of death by 30% as older adults
- Improve your chances of living a longer more productive life
Vitamin D could be the most important nutrient to your health.
Dr. Ellen Smit published her research in an article in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, after her study team at Oregon State University examined more than 4,300 adults older than 60 using data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The randomized, nationally representative study found that older adults with low vitamin D levels had a 30 percent greater risk of death than people who had higher levels.
“As you age, there is an increased risk of melanoma, but older adults should try and get more activity in the sunshine… our study suggests that there is an opportunity for intervention with those who are in the pre-frail group, but could live longer, more independent lives if they get proper nutrition and exercise.”
Many advocate checking vitamin D blood saturation (50 to 70 ng/mL using the 25(OH)D test) and supplementing as necessary (5,000 to 7,000 IU per day), however it is readily available through your body’s internal production with sufficient exposure of your skin to sunlight and a nutitious diet. If you wear sunglasses often, your levels could be low. Remove your sunglasses and skip the sunscreen, when you are not at risk for overexposure. Both prevent natural body production of Vitamin D. And, the other benefits of sun and sea- natural pleasures!!
The ocean has always been a salve to my soul…the best thing for a cut or abrasion was to go swimming in salt water. Later down the road of life, I made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.” Jimmy Buffett
Not too long ago, my brother had a nasty fall and cut his lower arm pretty severely. About a week after the incident, I saw his arm.It was shocking on first sight. He was still nursing it along with daily cleansings and neosporin. I asked him if he went to the doctor. Nope, he immediately washed the area, and soaked it with a salt water mixture and wrapped it in a towel to stop the bleeding. Those were some deep wounds, but they were healing nicely with no signs of infection. I asked if he was working ,oh yeah, he works in the sun everyday in a garden center. Did it hurt? You better believe it did!! I started laughing. Why did you do it? He just looked back with his deadpan expression and shook his head. Of course we all know why.
But, if we had to explain it to someone else, we probably couldn’t. Enjoy nature’s remedies and stay close to the simple things you enjoy, which are good for you!!!!
1. Cannell, J. J. Autism and vitamin D. Med Hypotheses. 2008;70(4):750-9.
2. Schwartz, GG, Hanchette, CL, “UV, latitude, and spatial trends in prostate cancer mortality: all sunlight is not the same (United States).”Cancer Causes Control, 2006 Oct;17(8):1091-101.
3. Luscombe, CJ, et al. (2001). “Exposure to ultra-violet radiation; association with susceptibility and age at presentation with prostate cancer.” Lancet, 358:641-2.
4. Ibid. 5. St-Hilaire S, et al. “Correlations Between Meteorological Parameters and Prostate Cancer.” International Journal of Health Geographics 2010, 9:19.
5. Smit, E., Crespo, CJ, Michael, Y, et al. (2012), The effect of vitamin D and frailty on mortality among non-institutionalized US older adults. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition doi:10.1038/ejcn.2012.67
http://www.nature.com/ejcn/index.html
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