Vitamin Dhelps the body absorb calcium and plays a major
role in the body’s ability to use the calcium that is available. “
Exposuretothesunisanessentialpracticeinordertopromotehealth.Thewidelydisseminatedno-
tionthat“exposuretothesunisbadforyou”iscontradictedbythefacts.Overdosingonthesunis
also a misunderstood phenomenon.
“Assumingthistobetrue,andalsoassuming 12 hoursofsunlightperday,
theamountofvitamin-Dproducedin 30 minutesis128,000IUwhichcal-
culatesto“ 3072000236 IUperday”.Thismeansthattheyareadvisingthat
“18,300IUofvitamin-Darerequiredbythehumanbodyperday”(which
thisauthorwholeheartedlysupports),whilesaying,atthesametime,that
1200 IU“maybetoxic”.Whichisit,18,000or1,200?Thelatteris
ludicrousasthehealthiestpeopleintheworld,theHunzasinPakistan,the
BamasinChina,theGeorgiansinRussia,theTitiCacasinPeruandthe
OkinawansinJapan,allofwhomhavevirtuallynodiseases,allgetabout 7
hoursofsunshineeachdayandthereforeproduceabout500,000IUof
vitamin-Deachday(theirskinisdark).ThusthelogicofthePh.D.’swho
apparently cannot calculate, lies in the ruins of grade eight math.” 237
Iftheexposuretothesunisthecausativefactorincontractingskincancer,thenwhy
isitthatthosepeopleswholiveclosertothesun(closetotheequator)arethe
groupsthatcontracttheleastamountofskincancerandthosewholiveinnorthern
orsouthernlatitudesoftheearth(awayfromtheequator-andfartherawayfromdir-
ectsunlight)contractthemostskincancer?Allthismeansthat,inoursearchforthe
causesofskincancerweneedtolookatnutritionaldeficienciesratherthanthedele-
teriouseffectsofexposuretothesun,whichisanaturalaspectoftheenvironment
andhasalwaysbeenso.Whyshouldweblamenature,whichhasexistedlongbe-
foreourarrival?WhatarewedoingthatisdeviatingfromthenormsofCreationand
leading us into disharmony and disease?
InadditiontopromotingakindofphotosynthesisprocessinthebodyinwhichVitaminDispro-
duced,whichpromotesmineralabsorption(especiallyCalcium),thesunalsostimulatestheproduc-
tionofinositoltriphosphate,INSP-3,whichisanimportantmineralbiochemicalregulator. 238 Thus,
exposuretothesunlightisanintegralaspectofhealthandshouldbepartofthedailyprogramofa
nutritious and healthy lifestyle.
Calcium and Cancer
“Calcium Takes Its Place As a Superstar of Nutrients”
Jane Brody, October 13, 1998, New York Times.
“Calciumisfastemergingasthenutrientofthedecade,asubstancewithsuchdiverserolesinthe
bodythatvirtuallynomajororgansystemescapesitsinfluence.AresearchteamattheUniversityof
SouthernCaliforniainLosAngelesreportedinTheAmericanJournalofClinicalNutritionthat
addingcalciumtothedietloweredbloodpressure.Dr,SusanThy-Jacobs,agynecologistatSt.Lukes