Staring at the sun health benefits skin#

If your vitamin D level is very low (your doc can have your blood checked for it) there are a number of dietary supplements you can take. Your body is telling you it needs the sun to produce vitamin D.

Staring at the sun health benefits skin#

As my GP pointed out, there’s really no need to risk skin cancer for the sake of vitamin D. 10 – 15 minutes every day are enough though. The easiest way of helping your body to produce vitamin D is by direct exposure of your skin to the sun.

Vitamin D deficiency (aka the sunshine vitamin) happens quite often in winter and is linked to health issues such as fatigue, depression, cancer, bone health, cardiovascular diseases, MS etc. Actually, try exposing as much skin as you dare (without getting arrested, that is) to the sun. Wait – actually she looks kind of creepy, too.Īt the risk of sounding all schollmarmy here, keep on staring into the sun. See, this chick looks normal doing it! I just look creepy. Now, if you will excuse me there’s a little bit of Breyer’s Moose Tracks left in the carton and it’s calling my name. Getting conscious about what’s going on with me is my work in 2013. It’s all behind my consciousness, but I think that’s what is happening. The feeling passes second later, but I am aware that often I don’t think I’m deserving of good feelings. When I ask this question I’m overcome with sadness about how mean I am to myself. So, the question isn’t, “How do I become perfect?” The question also isn’t, “How do I get myself to the gym?” The question actually is, “Why am I choosing not to give this gift to myself?” That’s where the magic is.

I know some people like to say it’s about giving, but screw those martyrs. I believe the quality of my life can be summed up in the ability to make decisions that provide me the biggest benefit. But getting an hour workout in is so much better. I know eating ice cream is pleasurable and quick and easy. I wouldn’t probably need the damned blue light. I know we’re imperfect people but the science is clear if I do a bit of cardio each day I’d have some great stuff pumping through my body – you know, neurotransmitters. How I can get up every morning and bike ten miles to work, but when it’s too cold I can’t get to the gym. Tonight I started to think about why I don’t do other things that are good for me like some regular cardiovascular exercise. I probably look like a weirdo staring into the sun with my eyes closed when it’s winter. There’s something that feels so nourishing to me to get even a few minutes of sunlight. When I’m on the subway platform, even in single digit weather, if possible, I stare directly into the sun. The blue light is supposed to do the same thing direct sunlight does through the skin. At home I usually fire it up once more before bed when I’m writing.ĭoes this thing really work? Who the hell knows? But I do believe there’s something about sunlight that is energizing. I get to work about fifteen minutes before the other employees and turn it on again. It’s only a little bit bigger than my fist. Then I pack up the sonofabitch and take it to work. So, now I wake up every morning and while I’m eating my cereal I am bathed in blue light like I’m playing a sax solo set at a jazz bar. Well, I’m certainly not smarter than those eggheads. The blue light was appealing as it could help me to feel better and isn’t a destructive high.ĭuring my research I found that therapy lights are the number one prescribed remedy for seasonal affect at the Mayo Clinic. Sure I cry each morning when I awake, but that’s because the weight of the world is squarely resting on my shoulders! You know, normal thoughts.

I did a bunch of research on blue lights to see if they do, in fact, help to alleviate depression. My girlfriend bought me a blue therapy light for Christmas.