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The scientific literature has many research studies that indicate a protective influence of vitamin D levels on heart disease. Now, a new study shows that light stimulates the production of period 2 proteins, which prevent heart damage. Sunlight, then, does its magic beyond just stimulating vitamin D production.
This is one of several reports on the lack of sunlight in Asian children leading to severe myopia and possible blindness. This "sunlight deprivation disorder" may affect 90 % of East Asian children.
A new report shows that those who live in areas of the least sunlight exposure have about a 60% increased risk of stroke. This is just another in a long line of indications that sunlight and vitamin D have a profound positive effect on the health of the human vascular system.
Australians, due to an increasing problem with vitamin D deficency, are beginning to reconsider their "slip, slap, slop" sunscreen campaign. Could it be that vitamin D deficiency is leading to their high rate of skin cancer?