Can Sunshine Stop Multiple Sclerosis
For the last few decades we have talked about very little else aside from why you have to stay away from sunlight. We recognize just how real skin cancer is along with the risks associated with it so we do everything we can think to do to keep it from happening to us. We don many layers of the highest SPF sunscreens that we can buy. We put big old floppy hats on our heads. We put on long sleeves and pant legs even in the warmest of temps. We try to stick to the low light areas-some individuals have even taken to carrying parasols around with them to keep the sun from ever making contact with their skin. Now we’re beginning to see that sunlight can sometimes be pretty helpful. Can direct sunlight truly help you?
There is a new study that demonstrates people who let themselves get some exposure to direct sunlight aren’t as prone to come down with MS as those who take steps to minimize sunlight contact on skin. At the onset, the study was a lot more about Vitamin D and it’s influences on Multiple Sclerosis. It soon became clear, though, that the Vitamin D made in our bodies as a reaction to the sun’s rays is what is really at the root of things.
We’ve known for a very long time that sunshine and Vitamin D can slow down the way the immune system plays a role in MS. This study, however, deals primarily with the effects of the sun’s rays on the people who are just starting to experience the very earliest symptoms of the disease. This study is trying to figure out the results of Vitamin D and sunlight on the precursory signs and symptoms of the disease.
Unfortunately there are not a lot of ways of really quantify the hypothesis of the study. This study is attempting to confirm whether or not sunlight can really help a person prevent Multiple Sclerosis. Unfortunately, the researchers discovered, the only way to that is to observe people over the course of their lives. This is the only way to efficiently measure the currently existent levels of Vitamin D in a person’s blood before the symptoms of MS start to show themselves. The way it is these days, individuals who get typical exposure to the sun appear to experience fewer symptoms of MS than those who live in colder or darker climates–which isn’t new news.
There is also the very important issue that spending a lot of time in the sunlight greatly increases a person’s chances of developing skin cancer. So, in an attempt to keep a single illness from setting in, you’ll probably be inadvertently causing another. Of course, if you get skin cancer early on enough you are much more likely to cure it. MS still has no cure.
So should you increase your direct exposure to the sunlight so that you don’t get MS? Ask your doctor whether or not this is an excellent idea. Your doctor can evaluate your current health status, your medical history and even your genetics to determine if you are even at risk for the disease in the first place. From there your physician may help you determine the best ways to keep the disease at bay.
Had enough with unable to weight loss diets even though you have tried so hard? Let others keep on fighting if they do not want to do anything about it. Why go through the pain of weight loss diets when it is not needed?
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