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To tan or not to tan – that is the question. Given the long-standing prejudice against ‘people of color’ – it’s ironic that people without much color to their skin risk their health to acquire more. And now it turns out that the cancer-causing damage done to the skin through exposure to the sun – which begins a second after you step outside your door for an innocent, unprotected stroll on a beautiful day – continues even hours after the exposure has ended.
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Recent research has revealed that Vitamin D-deficient individuals are twice as likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia as people who have sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

Schizophrenia is a mental illness with symptoms that can include delusions and hallucinations. Since schizophrenia is more prevalent in high latitudes and cold climates, researchers have theorized vitamin D may be connected to the disorder.
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Do you dread tomorrow? There are lots of things we can ingest can to cheer us up, and one of these is vitamin D. New research shows that the link between low levels of vitamin D (which we get mainly from sunlight) and depression is established in childhood and that making sure that children have enough vitamin D could help reduce depression in adolescence, when the majority of suicides occur.
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It doesn’t just bring us Vitamin D, it can affect all brain activity–including the central nervous system–leading to changes in human behavior. And the recent solar flares coming from the sun may lead to an even GREATER response than usual.
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