The Health Benefits of Sun Exposure
Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare
Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC
4.5 • 774 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2018
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Let’s go through an evidence based review of what the science says regarding sun exposure and your health. We will answer questions including:
- Does sun exposure really increase skin cancer risk?
- Or, might sun exposure decrease risk of certain cancer, including skin cancer?
- What are guidelines for healthy sun exposure?
- When to use or not use sunblock.
- Can vitamin D supplementation be used in place of sun exposure?
Let’s jump in.
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| 0:58.7 | Hi, this is Dr. Roushaw, and let's talk about sun exposure and your health. |
| 1:04.6 | Sun exposure is definitely an issue that seems to be clouded with confusion. |
| 1:10.4 | And many people have probably heard |
| 1:11.7 | recommendations, advised them to avoid the sun. On the one hand, and on the other hand, heard |
| 1:16.1 | about how important vitamin D is and know that sun exposure is one way to obtain vitamin D. |
| 1:21.6 | And maybe a little bit confused in terms of how exactly do you broach this topic of sun exposure, |
| 1:29.7 | vitamin D, and trying to optimize your health. Because, and we'll get into some details here in a moment, we're learning that vitamin |
| 1:34.1 | D supplementation is not a substitute for sun exposure, meaning that you cannot simply take |
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