Dr. Mercola March 28 2007 163,593 views
I have some vital information for you that can literally save your life, save you from dying from cancer; not just from getting cancer, but from dying from it. I came across this absolutely vital information while researching my new book called, Dark Deception, info which is just too important to keep under wraps until the book's release in a year's time.
Cancer is now the number one cause of death in the country, having surpassed heart disease a few years ago.
Please check out the graph in the video that illustrates the relationship between latitude, sun exposure and death rates from cancer. Remember the vertical axis shows the number of cancer-related deaths per 100,000, while the horizontal axis indicates latitude. It clearly shows that cancer-deaths go up significantly, the farther away from the equator one lives.
Here's why. With sun exposure, UVB radiation from the sun converts cholesterol to vitamin D, one of the most potent anticancer vitamins. See the connection? Please keep your vitamin D levels in a healthy range. If you're taking oral vitamin D in cod liver oil or a supplement, you need to measure your vitamin D blood levels to avoid overdosing. Take a simple blood test to help you keep your vitamin D levels in a safe, optimal range, and go to my vitamin D testing page for more details
While in Maui this winter, I heard a number of heartbreaking stories from folks there, who told me of close relatives who either had cancer, were dying from it or had died from it. How tragic! With this new information about vitamin D in mind, I said to them, "I don't know your relative." I asked, "But did they stay in the sun? Do they have a tan?", and even though some of these people lived in Maui, it seems every one of these people did not get much sun and were pale. This was a giant clue, empirically confirming what I was learning about sun exposure.
The best and safest way to get vitamin D is from the sun. The safe way to get sun exposure is to just go out enough so that your skin turns the very lightest pink. You'll also need enough of your skin exposed to sun. Exposing only your face and hands while going from office to car is not enough for conversion into vitamin D. We must remain sensible in our approach to this issue. This means: PLEASE DON'T GET SUNBURNED!
Bear in mind unique risk factors for dark-complexioned individuals. So if you're African-American, from the Middle East or India and live in America or Europe or in a very northern latitude, you're at very high risk for developing these cancers, as high as four times the risk. Darker skin serves as a filter, causing the need for two to five times as much sunlight as someone with very pale skin.
Also be careful about using most sunblocks as they are dangerous. If you are looking for a safe one I have researched this and recommend Active Full Spectrum Sun Block. If you can't easily find it I put it in my store for your convenience.
In light-skinned individuals, overexposure to sun can also be problematic.
Normally, skin cancer is not going to be the melanoma type, for which there are multiple causes. Follow the link below to learn more. But having sun exposure can increase the risk of other types of skin cancers, which while not as dangerous as melanoma, are easily avoided with cautious sun exposure
BOTTOM LINE: NEVER GET SUNBURNED!
Avoid commercial sun blocks, which contain toxic chemicals that enter your bloodstream through the skin, and follow the link below for more info and alternatives to these products.
If you have any questions at all about the relationship about sun and skin cancer please be sure to visit my article on that topic.
Stay informed. Have a healthy, careful, appropriate relationship with sunlight.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins report in the September, 2007 issue of the journal Cancer Cell that vitamin C can indeed help prevent cancer as has been claimed for years by a number of scientists including Linus Pauling, but it appears to do so in a different manner than that which earlier researchers proposed. While it had been believed that the well known antioxidant property of vitamin C prevented cancer by protecting DNA from free radical damage, the latest research unveils a new mechanism: that of preventing the ability of a tumor to grow in a reduced oxygen environment.
Vitamin A derivatives, known as retinoids, protect against the development of various cancers, including those of the skin, breast, and lung (Clarke N et al 2004; Khera P et al 2005). Dietary supplementation with synthetic vitamin A for 12 months in liver cancer survivors prevented recurrence of this cancer (Takai K et al 2005). In addition to preventing cancer, vitamin A derivatives have been used to cure acute promyelocytic leukemia (Clarke N et al 2004).
Clinical studies have shown that vitamin E can reduce the risk of prostate and lung cancers, particularly when used in combination with selenium supplements (Helzlsouer KJ et al 2000; Woodson K et al 1999). Regular and long-term (over 10 years) use of vitamin E reduces the risk of death from bladder cancer (Jacobs EJ et al 2002). Similarly, the use of vitamin E supplements for longer than three years slightly reduces the risk of recurrence among breast cancer survivors (Fleischauer AT et al 2003).
I do think that getting enough sun is difficult for most in the further northern and southern latitudes. Long commutes to work, working in artificially lit offices, perhaps with no external window, and returning home when the sun has gone down is the reality for many people in this modern world.
I would suggest that whenever people can, go outside during your tea-breaks and lunch-breaks (weather permitting). Perhaps a full spectrum light bulb in a desk lamp might be of benefit?
We’re latitude 30º here in Auckland, maybe we should be grateful for the hole in the ozone.
RO output – TDS 11ppm / PH 5Amount of salt per gallon - approximate change in water Add ¼ tsp Himalayan Salt - TDS ~350ppm / PH 6Add ½ tsp HS - TDS 680ppm / PH 6.5 Add ¾ tsp HS - TDS ~950 / PH >6.5ADD 1 tsp / Gal. - TDS = 1340 PH = 7 neutralIn my experience using 1 tsp/gal. all the time will cause the feeling of too much salt; you kind of have this weird feeling like if you drank some sea water or something.?. Water begins to taste salty - and this amount and above would only want to done on a strictly temporary basis! IMOI find that 1/2 - 3/4 tsp/gal. is the sweet spot. Find what is best for you, but I can recommend a 1/2 tsp/gal. as the standard. I thas been said that the best waters have a TDS of between 5-700 I believe. This post was started in response to kim's den. Thanks for responding Dr. Mercola!
A beyond DYNAMITE article. A must e-mail to all on your list. I did so immediately though I had other things to do. It was that important.In addition, I love and have used the Sun for many other health benefits. The Sun has been the key in curing my Eczema and what I did there was quite a discovery. If anyone has Eczema and is interested, let me know. I will try to check back.
Also, for every person that dies because of blame being put on the Sun, 30 people die because of not enough Sun. Yes, the ratio of 30:1 deaths of not enough Sun versus too much. This is one of the best articles I have read on the Sun and supports many of my other findings on the good old SUN.
Part 1 of 2To Kola Bear, LM36, Area51, Forest Cat, Healthy Glow, and others.
Thanks so much for all the information. Got delayed in responding as I went snow skiing yesterday.
Kola Bear, the one sure thing that always works is Resinol. I would get her on it right away as I know had she must feel. It is messy, but it works. Since I just discovered the Sun items late last summer, I had to resort to Resinol when it got real bad. I experimented with Hawaiian Moon Aloe and it was very positive. I was able to find some Sun, live around 48 degree Latitude, so have used very little of the Aloe in last 2 weeks. Let me know how it works. I will check back here every so often.
LM36, right on what you use. I do some of those items for overall health reasons which I'm sure helps the eczema. I take a lot of supplements. Suggest at least 3 grams of a quality Vitamin C along and at least 400 I.U.s of Vitamin E with Gamma E. I do either Carlson or Norwegian Cod Liver and Fish Oil, Barleans Flax Seed Oil, Flax Seed, eat a lot of Organic Green Salads which I usually mix in Vita-Mix for greater absorption, do Chlorella at times, and I eat no breakfast, only filtered water in glass bottle. Reason for that is to let my body detoxify. Metabolic Body Cycles. Digestion: (12-8PM), Assimilation: (8PM-4AM), Detoxification: (4AM-12PM).
Area51, here is one of my findings. For all others also. Healthy People Have a Higher Content of Omega3 Oils in Their Blood One of the significant aspects of Dr. Budwig's work is that she has discovered, (or rather rediscovered) the affinity of the human body with the sun. If the body has the right balance of oils and proteins, it has a magnetic field, which attracts the photons in sunlight and thus is open to the healing powers of the sun. Photons account for a great many of the physical