6 Reasons You Need MORE Sunlight
(Benefits Beyond Vitamin D)
If there’s one thing you can do to boost your health, starting today, it’s this:
Get more natural sunlight.
And it’s not ONLY because sunlight is your body’s BEST source of vitamin D.
Its benefits for your physical and mental health range from boosting brain health to improving your sleep.
Here are six of the sun’s top health benefits.
1. Sunlight is good for your blood pressure.
The UVA rays present in sunlight increase nitric oxide, which helps to dilate your blood vessels. This helps decrease blood pressure, improve blood flow and oxygenation rates, and even improves your blood glucose levels.
2. Sunlight helps boost your energy.
The red spectrum within sunlight (which is present throughout the day) helps boost the function of your mitochondria (your body’s cellular energy producers).
The better your mitochondria function, the more energy you’ll have and the healthier your body will be.
3. Sunlight boosts brain health.
Sunlight helps your body produce neurotransmitters like serotonin, melatonin, and dopamine. These brain chemicals are critical for your mental health and help regulate your mood, anxiety, sleep, and much more.
4. Sunlight helps you feel more alert.
The blue spectrum of light helps you feel awake and alert. This is the reason why being exposed to blue light from electronic devices at the wrong time (when the sun is down) is so harmful for your health.
5. Sunlight helps improve your sleep.
Because of its impact on hormone production and circadian rhythm, getting adequate sunlight during the day is critical for good sleep at night.
6. Sunlight boosts vitamin D.
Last but definitely not least, sunlight boosts your body’s production of vitamin D, which is critical for your immune system, bone health, cardiovascular health, lung function, and much more.
