Sunlight and Human’s Health

Sunlight and Human’s Health

Sunlight is essential for human health and well-being.The health benefits of sunlight include generating the production of vitamin D, supporting bone health, lowering blood pressure, preventing disease, and promoting good mental health.

Below are the Importance of Sunlight to Human’s Health:

Vitamin D

The sun’s UV rays help your body make this nutrient, which is important for your bones, blood cells, and immune system. It also helps you take in and use certain minerals, like calcium and phosphorus.

Better Sleep

Your eyes need light to help set your body’s internal clock. Early morning sunlight in particular seems to help people get to sleep at night.

Weight Loss

Morning light also seems to help people keep the fat off. You need 20 to 30 minutes between 8 a.m. and noon to make a difference, but the earlier you get it, the better it seems to work.

Emotional Well-Being

Sunlight helps boost a chemical in your brain called serotonin, and that can give you more energy and help keep you calm, positive, and focused. Doctors sometimes treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and other types of depression linked to low levels of serotonin with natural or artificial light. 

Eye Health

Moderate amounts of sun over your lifetime, especially in your teen and young adult years, might make you less likely to have problems seeing things at a distance (nearsightedness).

Your Skin

Regular, small amounts of ultraviolet light may help ease the symptoms of certain skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, and vitiligo.

Sources: medicalnewstoday.com,webmd.com