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Sunblock and Vitamin D


Hello Everyone in Natural Health Nation-

            What a great weekend! I hope you were able to go outside and enjoy it to activate that vitamin D in the skin. Many people ask me about the use of suntan lotion and there is quite a bit to learn about that. We have found that just using coconut oil before going out in the sun and after coming back from being in the sun helps to keep the skin in good shape and prevents the burning. Everyone’s skin is a different tone and some people may need a type of sunblock but find one that is both a UvA and UvB block. Most are only UvA and people still get a burn. Also to realize that many of these lotions are full of chemicals and when you are warm, the pores of your skin are opened more, and they can become toxic. That’s why we like the coconut oil treatment as there’s no chemicals there. Of course use common sense in the time you are in the sun and as you build a tan, you can be out longer. Now’s the time to hopefully build your vitamin D stores that you’ll need this winter.

            The article I’m sending along talks about vitamin D and the health benefits it has. Please don’t lose the forest for the trees though and think you can take a lot of artificial vitamin D3 and that’s all you got to think about. Not only are there many other ways of helping the immune system to be strong but your digestive system must be working to digest and absorb the foods that you eat that contain vitamin D. The body needs many other vitamins and minerals to utilize vitamin D and we really need them all. That’s the big reason why at Natural Health, we work with whole food supplements that are basically just food, with all the vitamins and minerals, known and unknown, that you need to be healthy. We also know that you can’t eat a dozen doughnuts a day and expect to take a few supplements and be healthy, it doesn’t work that way.

            With all this virus business going on and the social unrest, it’s even more important to look at your health with a holistic point of view. With our work here at Natural Health, we help our patients get rid of their pre-existing conditions and get them off of medications that are toxic and do not heal anything, only controlling “blood test numbers”. 

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-Dr. Mark

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