The sun is a very important gift to us, both for the planet Earth and for every living being on it. According to modern science, the sun can have some negative effects and too much exposure to it should be avoided. However, at the same time, the sun has plenty of healing factors and the sooner we understand its importance for our health, the better our well being will be.
The ultra violet rays from the sun helps to trigger the development of vitamin D in the human body, which in turn helps other improve other functions in the body such as; the health of our bones, proactive prevention of cancer, strengthens the immune system, protects against the onset of dementia and has many more health benefits. The risk of getting a whole generation of people to be afraid of the sun will lead to many people with a vitamin D deficiency. Read on to learn about some of the few positive health benefits of the sun.
1. Cancer prevention
Whole foods and sunlight significantly helps to prevent cancer in the life of individual human beings. According to the American physician Dr. Zane Kime, who used sunbathing and nutrition to cure his patients, exposure to the sun has a lot of cancer preventing properties. Even in late stages of cancer, Dr. Kime was able to completely reverse the metastasized cancers.
2. Bacteria killing properties
Sunlight is known to heal wounds as the ultra violet light is known to kill bacteria . During World War One, German Soldiers knew this fact and followed the revelations by the Nobel Prize winner, Niels Finsen in 1903, to disinfect all kinds of wounds and prevent bacteria from causing any further damage to the body.
3. Cures various skin disorders
Sunlight is also known to heal a number of different skin disorders such as acne, eczema, fungal infection, psoriasis etc.
4. Cholesterol lowering properties
Sunlight has been shown to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. 
This is how it works; the ultraviolet sunlight coverts cholesterol to the sex and steroid hormones that are essential for good reproductive health. When one excessively avoids exposure to the sun, the opposite happens.
5. Blood pressure lowering properties
Sunlight also helps to lowers blood pressure in those individuals who have a high blood pressure.
Sometimes, just a few minutes of exposure to the sun does wonders for the health of the body and regulates the blood pressure
to maintain it at a healthy level. Thus, the sun works better than even most medicinal drugs that are used to regulate blood pressure.
So keep all these points in mind and give yourself plenty of exposure to the healing rays of the sun every single day. If you have any queries, leave a comment and we will get back to you.
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