Insufficient sunlight increases cancer risk. Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Spitz and vitamin D advocate Prof. Dr. William B. Grant.
The title of my article is the name of a book. The professors who wrote this book are also among the founders of "preventive health" (cancer prevention and alternative medicine). It is stated that "Life without the sun could not exist on Earth. Until a few years ago, medicine was utilizing and advocating the benefits of the sun; the invention of antibiotics and the fear of skin cancer prevented us from benefiting from the sun."
It is emphasized that the sun means healthy hormones for humans, and that due to insufficient sunlight in countries like Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, they are in the grip of diseases such as stress, depression, MS, panic attacks, high blood pressure, sleep problems, and cancer, and that the only treatment for these diseases is the sun.
Vitamin D needs are best met through the sun; it is written that sun and vitamin D are essential for healthy bone and tooth development, strong muscles, the nervous system, and protection from diseases. It is also stated that the sun is seen as a natural treatment in shrinking and destroying cancer cells. It is argued that it has significant power in treating MS.
Scientific Research Note
Scientists reported that sunlight deficiency may increase the risk of lung cancer.
In a study by University of California scientists published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, it was determined that lung cancer rates are high in countries far from the equator and with little sunlight.
Examining data from 111 countries across various continents, the scientists stated that while smoking is the cause of 85% of lung cancer cases, sunlight deficiency is also one of the factors.
It is stated that vitamin D obtained from the sun prevents tumor growth by promoting factors responsible for cell death in the body.
Reminding that the body's main source of vitamin D, UVB rays, increases closer to the equator, the scientists reported that in the study, they found lung cancer rates to be highest in countries far from the equator and lowest in countries close to the equator.
One of the researchers, Dr. Cedric Garland, recalling that like other cancers, lung cancer also typically begins in epithelial cells, said that vitamin D stimulates chemicals that create a glue-like substance that tightly binds cells together, thus putting the brakes on cell division.
It is also noted that vitamin D has the property of slowing cancer development.
Dr. Garland also emphasized that moderate exposure to sunlight does not significantly increase the risk of melanoma, the worst type of skin cancer.
