While Overexposure to the sun and burning are bad for you, medical studies also demonstrate that exposure to sunlight is crucial for the maintenance of good physical health.
Studies show people with the lowest risk of skin cancer are those whose main occupation is outdoors. Sunlight affects over one hundred (100) vital biological functions. Colon and breast cancer deaths are (3) three times higher in northern states compared to sunny southern states.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), with symptoms such as sadness, insomnia and carbohydrate cravings, is common where exposure to sunlight is decrease in winter. When the chest and back are expose to sunlight, the male sex hormones may increase by 120%. Eighty percent (80%) of people suffering from psoriasis show improvement when exposed to sunlight. Significant seasonal bone loss occurs in people in areas with reduced winter sunlight leading to osteoporosis.