Just 30 minutes outside in the sun can produce enough Vitamin D and a host of hormones and chemicals to improve your health and that of your family.
Play on a jungle gym while you’re outside with your children and benefit from physical exercise too!
Improve sleep and reduce stress: Research indicates that an hour of natural light in the morning will help you sleep better. Sunshine regulates your circadian rhythm by telling your body when to increase and decrease melatonin levels. Melatonin is the hormone which affects your ability to sleep. Melatonin also lowers stress reactivity which can help reduce your stress level.
Strengthen your immune system:
Vitamin D is also critical for your immune system, and with consistent exposure to sunlight, you can help strengthen it.
Fight off depression:
Sunshine boosts your body’s level of serotonin, which is a chemical that improves your mood and helps you stay calm and focused.
Strengthen your bones:
Vitamin D helps your body maintain calcium and prevents brittle, thin, or misshapen bones. Vitamin D isn’t in many of our foods but one of the best (and easiest) ways to get vitamin D is by being outside. Our bodies produce vitamin D when exposed to sunlight for as little as five minutes.
Live longer?
Maybe. A study that followed 30,000 Swedish women revealed that those who spent more time in the sun lived six months to two years longer than those with less sun exposure.
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