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FORTY-SOMETHING FOREVER: A LONGEVITY PRIMER - LIGHT: THE FORGOTTEN NUTRIENT

Dr. Jacob Liberman makes a good case for light being the medicine of the future. In his new book by the same name, he points out what many former researchers have discovered, natural full spectrum light is essential to optimal health. We are all in danger of mal-illumination, thanks to such modern technological advances as fluorescent lighting, sunglasses, tanning lotions and indoor lifestyles, all of which block natural light, an immune system booster.
Many years ago, we recognized the impact of natural light on health when we detailed Dr. John Ott's work in Psychodietetics. Dr. Ott, a pioneer researcher in the therapeutic benefits of natural light, early discovered that living in artificially lit environments, as most of us do, contributes to cellular break-down, immune deficiency and has a detrimental effect on all vital biochemical functions, also mood and behavior.
Dr. Liberman has now carried these initial findings several steps further by describing the many ways in which full spectrum (natural) light affects human functioning:
• The pineal gland, known as the body's prime regulator, is totally dependent on an adequate supply of natural light;
• Vitamin D is manufactured in the body in response to sunlight;
• Natural light improves learning, by increasing attention span, visual and auditory memory and visual field;
• Natural light is a potential disease-preventative: lab animals living under artificial light are the first to develop abnormal conditions such as loss of fur, toxic symptoms, abnormal weight, digestive problems, sterility, pathological bone development, cataracts and cancer;
• Light aids longevity: cellular damage caused by ultraviolet radiation has been reversed by full spectrum exposure;
• Light is a blood cleanser: lab tests have shown light can decontaminate blood for transfusions eliminating the risk of infections such as herpes and AIDS;
• Light has successfully healed sexual dysfunction, seasonal depression (SAD), jet lag, neutralized stress, alleviated PMS (premenstrual syndrome), AND increased the efficiency of the heart, improved EKG readings and blood profiles of people with atherosclerosis and reduced cholesterol.
If that's not good enough reason to get outdoors for two or more hours a day (or replace all indoor lights with full spectrum bulbs), Dr. Liberman can provide more.
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