Underexposed? Then you die sooner.
„Vitamin D is not a vitamin - it's a hormone with a light code."
— Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Spitz
Vitamin D is not a classic vitamin that we need to absorb through food - it's a hormone that our body produces itself.
The skin thus becomes the largest hormone gland in our body. It converts the cholesterol stored under the skin into previtamin D3.
This system has worked perfectly for millions of years of human evolution - until we started spending 90% of our time indoors.
Vitamin D influences the expression of over 2,000 genes in our body.
Particularly important is its role in immune modulation: Vitamin D activates the T-killer cells of the immune system.
In the brain, vitamin D protects nerve cells from oxidative stress and promotes the formation of neurotransmitters like serotonin.
Studies clearly show: Sun avoidance increases mortality.
Vitamin D regulates the cell cycle and can lead degenerated cells to programmed cell death.
The fear of skin cancer from sun exposure must be viewed differentially: Moderate sun behavior protects more than it harms.
The skin is a solar power plant - but we've buried it under concrete.
Modern lifestyle with office work and indoor spaces cuts us off from the most important energy source.
Cancer cells don't like sunshine - and lack of sun increases mortality.
The irrational fear of the sun costs more lives than moderate sun exposure.
Cells need nutrients, not calories. Sugar makes you sick - healthy fats heal.
At night, waste products are flushed from the brain. Without darkness, no healing.
Self-healing as an evolutionary standard. Symptoms are signals, not disturbances.
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