Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/02/2009 - 13:11.
You can get vitamin D completely free of charge - from the sun!
Sunlight is our only reliable source of vitamin D and the sun is nature's great healer. The sun has a long legacy of healing and Hippocrates and Pythagoras wrote about the many benefits of sunlight to promote healing. Unfortunately we are now being told that the sun causes skin cancer, despite the fact that evidence linking skin cancers to sun exposure is weak. Diet is a more likely cause. We are advised to use sun screen that blocks vitamin D - the very thing that helps us to fight off a whole host of diseases. Sunlight is free, sun screen is expensive. More information can be found in the book 'Trick and Treat' by Barry Groves. I don't use sun screen and try to top up my vitamin D whenever the sun is shining. I use organic coconut oil to protect my skin and I don't burn.
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You can get vitamin D completely free of charge - from the sun!
Sunlight is our only reliable source of vitamin D and the sun is nature's great healer. The sun has a long legacy of healing and Hippocrates and Pythagoras wrote about the many benefits of sunlight to promote healing. Unfortunately we are now being told that the sun causes skin cancer, despite the fact that evidence linking skin cancers to sun exposure is weak. Diet is a more likely cause. We are advised to use sun screen that blocks vitamin D - the very thing that helps us to fight off a whole host of diseases. Sunlight is free, sun screen is expensive. More information can be found in the book 'Trick and Treat' by Barry Groves. I don't use sun screen and try to top up my vitamin D whenever the sun is shining. I use organic coconut oil to protect my skin and I don't burn.