What happens in your body when it is exposed to sunlight?

Energy from Sunshine Produces Many Bio-chemicals in the Body
(Much more than just vitamin D!)
There are several wavelengths of energy from the sun that can reach the earth’s surface and trigger specific actions within the body to influence health. Exposure to sunshine helps the body to produce important chemicals and nutrients, such as vitamin D, nitric oxide, melatonin, serotonin, and beta-endorphins; it helps regulate our circadian rhythm (or our body’s “master clock”) and it even has a positive effect on the microbes that live on our skin and in our gut.
Learn more about some of these reactions to sunlight with a snippet from this interview with Dr. Michael Holick.
Learn more at grassrootshealth.net/sunshine
Key Points
- The sunshine produces different wavelengths of light and radiation that the body is exposed to
UVA stimulates the release of nitric oxide in the skin cells, and also stimulates an enzyme to make more nitric oxide
- Small doses of carbon monoxide are released by hemoglobin molecules, which acts as a potent vasodilator with a direct effect on the nervous system and anti-inflammatory actions
- The POMC gene in the pituitary is also found in the epidermis; when exposed to sunlight the gene is turned on and is responsible for the stimulation of corticosteroids and beta endorphins
- Sunlight is also responsible for the regulation of the circadian rhythm
- Visible light enters the body cavities and hits the tissues and cells of the organs - there is so much more to learn about what effects that has on our health!
- Red light stimulates fibroblast activity and collagen synthesis, and helps in wound healing

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App Dminder is great and very useful when exposed to the sun.

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Thankyou for the app, I will definitely download that and utilise it.