Show 1397: The Surprising Secrets of Sunlight’s Health Benefits (Archive)

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In this episode, our guest is a dermatologist who wants us to consider sunlight’s health benefits. That is a minority opinion among dermatologists. Dr. Richard Weller tells us why vitamin D is overrated and not the most important aspect of sun exposure. You could listen through your local public radio station or get the live […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Graydon.
0:01.5	And I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.0	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at
0:11.5	people's pharmacy.com.
0:14.5	Do you avoid the sun?
0:16.9	We've all heard that we should wear sunscreen all the time and stay inside from 10 till 2.
0:22.8	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:33.6	Are there hidden health benefits from sunlight?
0:37.2	Is it all about vitamin D?
0:39.4	Why don't supplements protect people against heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or depression?
0:45.4	New research suggests that some sun exposure may be helpful.
0:49.5	Our dermatologist guest has done fascinating research.
0:52.6	We have showed in Britain that after accounting for confounding factors, other factors,
1:00.9	the more sunlight people have, the longer they live.
1:04.5	Coming up on the people's pharmacy, the surprising secrets of sunlight's health benefits.
1:13.9	In the P's Pharmacy Health Headlines,
1:17.8	evidence has been increasing that infections may play an important role in the development of dementia.
1:23.2	The latest study includes data from nearly 150,000 people over many decades.
1:29.9	Researchers followed participants in the Nurses Health Study, the Nurses Health Study 2, and the health professionals follow-up study.
1:38.1	People who had a bout of shingles were 20% more likely to report subjective cognitive decline subsequently than people who did not
1:47.1	have shingles. Recent studies have shown that shingles vaccination may reduce the risk of dementia
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