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> Sunlight triggers the release of But how much of it? The amount that gives you skin cancer? The article mentions "30 minutes of summer sunlight", but not a s
by tgv 4y ago
> Sunlight triggers the release of
But how much of it? The amount that gives you skin cancer? The article mentions "30 minutes of summer sunlight", but not a study, let alone a replicated one. And it doesn't simply mention "30 minutes of summer sunlight", but "the equivalent of 30 minutes of summer sunlight". The other studies mentioned in the first part of the article (office workers, tanned Swedes, etc.) might be accidental correlations. And mentioning the neolithicum is utterly ridiculous.
> It improves virtually every mental condition you can think of.
It still does that with sun screen. But it improves mental health only a bit. I've never read that exposing patients to a bit of sun light solved their depression, ADHD or schizophrenia.
- funcDropShadow 4y agoAnecdata: I have one severely depressed person in my family, and it is blatantly obvious that sun exposure has a positive effect on that person's depression. Does it cure the depression? No. But it makes living with it much better and removes blockages to working on the depression long-term.