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Natural Skin Care Treatment Must Include Daily Sun Exposure

11/12/2007

Although too much sun is inadvisable due to the link to skin cancer, too little sun can also be dangerous. Why? Because our bodies need sunlight to perform almost every vital function that leads to good general health. As we cannot have healthy skin without a healthy body, sunlight is a vital natural skin care treatment - and you need daily exposure. The question is how do you get that exposure without risking skin cancer?

First of all, you should understand why sunlight is so vital.

When sunlight enters the eyes, it goes to the hypothalamus. Known as the brain’s brain, the hypothalamus controls the part of the nervous system that regulates the body’s automatic and metabolic processes. However, the hypothalamus depends on light-activated information to do that. And that light comes from the sun. Once the sunlight hits the hypothalamus, a domino effect takes place that influences the entire body. Here’s what it does.

• It regulates body temperature, blood pressure, hunger, thirst, and water balance.
• It links the nervous system to the other endocrine glands - pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, ovaries and testes. The hormones released by these glands influence almost every cell, organ and function of the body, 
• It initiates the body’s stress response.
• It controls the immune functions.
• It houses the body clock which, in turn, controls the pineal gland – the body’s master organ – which also uses light information received through the eyes to activate and synchronize the body’s internal functions.

Each of these functions and activities contributes to healthy skin. But they are all dependant on sunlight entering the eyes and going into the hypothalamus. Studies have shown that even taking supplements can’t really replace that one natural process.
 
How do you make the sun part of your natural skin care treatment routine without the risk?

Fortunately, although the hypothalamus needs sun, it doesn’t need a lot. About 15 minutes in the sun every day, in the morning or late afternoon when it’s at it weakest, is enough. The rest of the time, wear sunscreen. A word of warning however: if at all possible, use a sunscreen without toxic chemicals. Protection from the sun is vital, but some of the chemicals in sunscreens can be just as dangerous. To be sure, always use a shielding lotion. Apply it under the sunscreen, and it will help prevent the chemicals from absorbing into the skin.

Mother nature has provided us with many natural skin care treatment remedies, and sunlight is a basic. Use it liberally, wear sunscreen during the hottest hours of the day, and don’t forget the shielding lotion.

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