Avoid Sun Exposure

The indoor lifestyle is making us weak.

Low vitamin D, lower energy, and worse sleep.

For 99% of human history, our sleep schedules were synced with the sun.

It hasn’t been the same since 1879, when Thomas Edison invented the first commercial light bulb.

This matters because our circadian rhythm controls your cells, hormones, and sleep schedule.

And light is the #1 influence of our 24-hour rhythm.

When you wake up, expose your eyes to sunlight every morning (or at least bright artificial lights).

And avoid blue light at night.

Light signals to your brain to do daytime stuff when it should be doing nighttime stuff, like resting and repairing.

It stops the secretion of MELATONIN.

Most people think melatonin just helps you fall asleep. But it is a hormone that has huge implications on cell regeneration, metabolism, and your immune system.

Artificial light has made an irregular sleep schedule seem normal.

But staying fit requires consistent timing of your sleep (AKA circadian rhythm).

The modern man spends his days half awake because of a lack of sunlight.

And spends his nights half asleep due to fake light.

For the first time in human history, rich people are getting sick at similar rates to poor people.

Because the indoor lifestyle is stealing your energy and causing people to get sick.

A 20 year study that followed 29,518 Swedish women found a lack of sun exposure equal to the risk fo smoking cigarettes.

Not just because of a lack of sleep but also…

Low Vitamin D levels

A Healthline article stated, “Theoretically, vitamin D should be helpful in preventing, slowing, or reducing arthritis inflammation. But there’s little to mixed evidence that Vitamin D supplements can relieve or prevent arthritis symptoms.”

But this study¹ reported increased size in knee cartilage for those with greater sun exposure.

Sun exposure produces local Vitamin D, helping restore your bones, joints, and ligaments.

Supplements aren’t a substitute.

Expose your skin to the sun.

Hope this helps,

Tyler Van Acker, Doctor of Physical Therapy

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