The case summed up The sun has more health benefits than many are aware of, including increasing the production of the happiness hormone serotonin and helping the body to produce vitamin D. Vitamin D is important for maintaining strong bones and teeth, and can protect against autoimmune diseases such as MS and diabetes, as well as several types of cancer, says general practitioner Kjetil Høye. In winter, when the sun does not provide us with vitamin D, it is important to take vitamin D in food products or as medicine. The sun can also increase our energy levels and help prevent winter depression. It is important to use sunscreen to protect the skin from damage. This does not prevent vitamin D uptake, says professor at UiO, Kjetil Tasken. One should not look directly at the sun, as this can lead to burns in the eye, objects optician Andre Stensland. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. The sun is now shining over large parts of the country. For many, it also feels like the sun makes them happier and gives them more energy. – It is absolutely perfect to be out in the sun. I feel that I charge my battery just by standing in the sun, says Tarjei Antonsen in Bodø. And it’s not just nonsense, says general practitioner Kjetil Høye. The sun has more health benefits than many are aware of. The body stores vitamin D when you are in the sun. Two weeks in the South can actually have health benefits for four to six weeks afterwards, says the GP. Photo: Petter Strøm – Sunlight plays with the signals in the brain and hormones in the body. All research shows that sun makes you happier. The sun actually makes you happier The sun has been the primary source of light for humans for thousands of years, right up until Edison invented the light bulb 145 years ago. Tarjei Antonsen knows that he gets more energy from being out in the sun. Photo: Vetle Knutsen / news But the light bulb means that we now spend almost 90 percent of our time indoors. – It’s a bit silly, because the sun is very important, says general practitioner Kjetil Høye. In fact, so important that the sun gives us both health benefits, energy and joy. In 2002, American researchers found out that we have some sensors behind our eyes. They send a signal through the visual pathway to a small gland called the pineal gland, or the pineal gland in Norwegian. That gland produces melatonin, which causes us to become depressed, says Høye. Therefore, one gets winter depression, or seasonal affective disorder as it is called in the professional language. Sun is not only beautiful, it also has many health benefits, says general practitioner Kjetil Høye. Photo: Rune Stuvland Why? Melatonin production is high. It gives reduced mood rent. At the same time, there is low production of the happiness hormone serotonin. It also makes one feel sadder. But when the light from the sun comes, serotonin is produced instead. That’s why we are actually happier to be in the sun. There is actually something you can do to avoid winter depression as well. Here are eight tips. Vetle Knutsen – It’s incredibly good with sun, says Anders Green in Bodø. – I can already feel it just after Christmas, that it’s starting to go the other way. It is quite clear that it is good to be done with the dark hours. Vetle Knutsen Stine Wike feels it on her body when the sun shines over Bodø. – It’s wonderful to enjoy the sun. I am happy and definitely have more energy, she says. Vetle Knutsen French Julie Chauvet is an exchange student in Bodø. She also notices how the sun gives energy. – It’s always good to get out in the sun. I get more energy and joy. Sun is energy, she says. In addition, she thinks they make her use vitamins better. And she is not quite there. Vitamin D protects against cancer General practitioner Høye says that when the sun shines on the body, it produces vitamin D itself. – The most important property is that it helps the intestine to absorb calcium, so that we get better and stronger bones and better teeth, says Høye. But it also has other health benefits. The sun also has something to say about sleep quality. When the sun comes out, melatonin production falls. Then it will only be produced at night. Therefore, we also slept better with more sun. Photo: Odilon Dimier / 6PA/MAXPPP – It protects us against autoimmune diseases such as MS and diabetes, says Høye. In addition, it protects against several types of cancer. – Among other things, prostate cancer, breast cancer and bowel cancer. And it protects against infections, so that you have less risk of illness. – In winter, the sun will not give us vitamin D at all. There is a problem. In the past, it has been said that it helps to eat fatty fish to get more vitamin D. But when 78 Bergen officers tried it in 2011, it turned out that it didn’t help at all. Therefore, the solution is to eat vitamin D in food products and as medicine. The doctor recommends eating 40 micrograms every day. General practitioner Kjetil Høye has more faith in vitamins in fruit and vegetables than in pill form. With the exception of vitamin D. One should take 40 micrograms of each day in winter. Photo: Nina Didriksen / news Hugs sunscreen Kjetil Tasken is head of the Department of Cancer Research at Oslo University Hospital and professor at UIO. He says it is true that the sun provides more energy and that this is connected to the fact that we register an increased amount of light on the retina, which affects the regulation of the circadian rhythm via the hormone melatonin which is secreted from the pineal gland. It is also true that one gets a vitamin deficiency and problems with the bone structure without vitamin D, and that the vitamin has a positive effect on health, and some effect on some forms of cancer. In winter, you don’t need to use sunscreen, says the GP, but if you’re going to the mountains at Easter, you should take out the sunscreen anyway. The snow reflects the rays from the sun. Photo: Nina Didriksen – But you don’t get too little vitamin D production in the skin if you use sunscreen, he says. The professor says it is therefore important to remember to use sunscreen. Especially at Easter. – Use factor 30 or 50. It’s nice to get a tan, but not burnt. Then you have to wear sunscreen and give the sun time to stimulate natural pigment formation in the skin so that you can get natural protection and pregnant women can tolerate more sun, says Tasken. But when should you actually stop eating vitamin D? General practitioner Høyen says the rule of thumb is simple. In the same way as with cod liver oil, you must take a supplement for all months that have “r” in the name. That means from September to April. – But when summer comes, you should enjoy the sun for at least 10 minutes every day. Then you recharge the stores of vitamin D in the liver, says the general practitioner. He also thinks it might be a good idea to leave sunglasses in between. – Spend at least two minutes looking at the sun without sunglasses before ten in the morning. Then you get a little extra boost to your tiny pineal gland. But don’t look directly at the sun But optician Andre Kristoffer Stensland at Synspunkt i Mo i Rana wants to nuance the advice a little. One gets enough light from the sun without looking directly at it. – It works to look at a wall or out over the fjord to get plenty of vitamin D. Your eyes can suffer burns if you look directly at the sun. Optician Andre Kristoffer Stensland at Synspunkt i Mo i Rana says it is very important not to look directly at the sun. It can be very harmful to the eyesight. – The cornea inside the eye is simply a strong magnifying glass that breaks in the area of sharp vision in the eye, he says. The retina is most sensitive there. Therefore, there is too much energy for the eye if you look directly at the sun. – If you have received such a burn, your sight is lost. Then you won’t get a picture where the retina is damaged, says the ophthalmologist.
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Sun gives more energy and helps more than you think – news Nordland
