Sunlight Therapy - Natural Medicine for Natural Healing?

Sun worshippers have yet another reason to bask inand disorders.
the sun...As a natural health preventative, sunlight's Vitamin D
Some healthcare providers believe that sunlighthas been shown to prevent or even reverse
therapy can be effective in helping relieve a numbercoronary disease. Recent studies suggest that
of health conditions. A matter of fact, a recent studyindividuals exposed to sunlight had a lower
compared 100 patients in Canada, who suffered fromconcentration of blood cholesterol during the summer
depression. The conclusion of the natural healthmonths than in winter months. As most of us are
research demonstrated that patients who receivedaware, lowering blood cholesterol is vital to
light treatment responded faster without adversemaintaining and preserving heart health.
side effects opposed to those receivingIs sunlight therapy a natural health medicine? If we
antidepressant medication.view the sun in the sense that the existence of
As a natural health medicine, sunlight therapy maynearly all life relies on the light from the sun to
well be on its way to proving what most of ussurvive, we can surmise that it is both a source of
already know -- sunshine generally makes us happier.life and healing. However, as with any medicine or
Think back to a time when you were younger...wasn'tnatural health supplement, taking the correct dose is
it great to get out and play in the afternoon sun?all important in leading a healthy, happy life.
And even as adults, we tend to soak up the raysInterested in learning more about this or other
with utter delight. The reason sunlight therapy mayalternative medicine therapies? Let professional
be as beneficial as it is for seasonal affected disordertraining within fast-growing industries like massage
(SAD; also seasonal depression) is primarily due to itstherapy, holistic health, acupuncture, oriental medicine,
ability to increase endorphins. These endorphins areReiki, and others get you started! Explore natural
what I'll call "happy hormones," which generallyhealth [ courses near you.
promote a feeling of well being. Chocolate works*Source - PubMed - The Can-SAD study; and
much in the same way - it, too, raises endorphinPubMed - Sunlight, cholesterol and coronary heart
levels.disease.
What other natural healing abilities does sunlightSunlight Therapy - Natural Medicine for Natural
therapy offer? If you're like me, you enjoy theHealing?
warm glow of the high-noon sun; but just 10 or 15© Copyright 2008
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