Hi All,
This is an article giving full credit to Dr. Budwig for her views on
Sunlight and reversing cancer(s)etc.. It is most interesting. I suggest
printing it out , saving it , and "digesting " it little by little. It`s the
whole "Nine Yards"...
Credit goes to Rick Muenzer for posting it on a cross newsgroup.
Thanks and best with good reading, good health and good luck to all, Mike
Cinelli
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"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his
patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and
prevention of disease."
- Thomas Edison
Ionizing radiation from sunlight, X rays, and other sources creates free
radicals that damage DNA and cause cancer. Free radicals are neutralized by
anti-oxidants such as vitamins C and E, selenium, coenzyme Q10 MAK, etc.
Green tea is protective in all stages of skin cancer formation - initiation,
promotion, and progression. - Skin Pharmacol Appl Skin Physiol 01;
14:69-76. ("protective in all stages of skin cancer" means that it is never
too late to start drinking it.)
Those who add a twist of citrus peel to their tea experience a 70 percent
reduction in skin cancer. They also experience a 70 percent reduction in
severe sunburn. - Nutr Cancer 00;32(2):161-8.
I'd recommend using lemon as a first choice, grapefruit second, and lime
third. The peel oils of lemons and grapefruit contain the highest percentage
of d-limonene, with lime containing a little less. Make sure you squeeze and
twist the peel to release the peel oils into the tea. - Dr. David Williams
During warm weather we always have a jug of iced tea in the fridge, made
from green tea and lemon.
Many people apply sunscreens and bathe in the sun because they think that
sunscreens prevent skin cancers by preventing sunburns. Sunscreens can
prevent sunburns, but they don't prevent melanomas and other skin cancers. -
Journal of the National Cancer Institute January, 1994
Five of the chemicals used in sunscreens, lipsticks, and cosmetics behave
like estrogen and make breast and uterine cancer cells grow more rapidly in
test animals. These five chemicals are octyldimethyl - PABA (OD-PABA),
benzophenone-3 (BP-3), homo salate (HMS), octyl - methoxy - cinnamate (OMC),
and 4-methyl - benzylidene camphor (4-MBC). - Dr. David Williams
Any amount of vitamin D intake under 800 IU is not enough to prevent vitamin
D deficiency. - Eur J Clin Nutr 01;55(12):1091-7
Lack of vitamin D is associated with
- cancer
- heart disease
- diabetes
- arthritis
- depression
- obesity
- multiple sclerosis
The incidence of diabetes in children has been skyrocketing over the last
couple of decades. Lower vitamin D levels have now been found to be one of
the contributing factors. - Lancet 01;358(9292): 1500-3
Decreased vitamin D levels result in less production and secretion of the
hormone leptin. Leptin was recently discovered to be one of the primary
hormones involved in fat storage and weight loss. Millions of dollars are
now being spent on trying to duplicate these effects by artificially
increasing levels of leptin in the body or turning it into a weight-loss
drug. The simple answer, of course, is to ensure you're producing and/or
receiving adequate amounts of vitamin D. - Dr. David Williams
The sun is your friend, but sunburn is not. In my experience, a diet rich in
the antioxidants found in fresh vegetables makes the skin more youthful
looking and retards facial aging. - Dr. Robert Jay Rowen
Aloe vera helps burns heal. Or you can soak a cotton swab with 3% hydrogen
peroxide and rub it all over the burn. For more information about hydrogen
peroxide, see our oxygen page.
Essential oils may also be helpful.
For national defense reasons, since the 1950's it has been official policy
of the US government to keep the public confused regarding the danger of
radiation. - Moss, page 69.
Jet pilots and crew members have increased cancer risk due to ionizing
radiation from the sun. - The Lancet, December 23, 2000; 356
Ozone is used to treat severe burns because there is no physical contact.
Pain is greatly reduced and healing is rapid. - McCabe, page 94.
Why you should never sleep with a night light...Light alters production of
the hormone melatonin... inadequate melatonin levels are linked to greater
risk of breast cancer and other diseases, as well as myopia -
nearsightedness. - Dr. David Williams.
Northerners have higher rates of heart disease than southerners because they
don't experience the same levels of sunlight... Sunlight also helps prevent
osteoporosis, diabetes, colon and breast cancer, and multiple sclerosis. -
Dr. David Williams. (Sunlight on the skin results in vitamin D production,
which is used by the body for calcium absorbtion).
See our Frequently Asked Questions page for some comments regarding
radiation burns.
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This page attempts to reconcile two opposite views of sunlight - sunlight
causes cancer vs. sunlight prevents cancer. Exposure of the skin to sunlight
is necessary for good health and for thousands of years "solariums" have
been an integral part of health spas. However, too much of a good thing can
become a bad thing. Ionizing radiation creates free radicals that damage
cells and are associated with cancer. Diet and lifestyle factors can remove
the free radicals and accelerate the repair of any damage they have caused.
Dr. Johanna Budwig suggests that through dietary changes everyone, including
cancer patients, can increase their tolerance for sunlight thereby becoming
able to enjoy more of the health benefits that sunlight can provide.
"That the sun, as the element of life, also affects the dynamics of the
vital functions is apparently self-evident. Everyone seems to agree. But
then why are there so many people who say: I can't tolerate the sun? The
answer is on its way. Firstly, a few words on the topic of: The dynamics of
the vital functions and their base in the sun's energy: When I have treated
patients and they then lie in the sun, these sick people notice that they
begin to feel very much better; rejuvenated. In contrast to this you often
hear about people on sunny beaches having heart failure. It is not unusual
for heart infarction to occur. Both conditions are observable. For some
people nowadays, the sun's energy is an overly strenuous matter, while for
others the dynamics of the sun's energy have an invigorating effect on all
the vital functions. The stimulating effect of the sun on the secretions of
the liver, gall bladder, pancreas, bladder and salivary glands is easily
felt. These organs only dry out under the sun's rays when the substances
which stimulate secretion in the body are lacking. With all these
observations it is of decided importance, whether the surface-active
electron-rich highly unsaturated fats are present as a resonance system for
the sun's energy, or whether they are not. Doctors tell cancer patients that
they should avoid the sun; that they can't tolerate it. That is correct. The
moment, however, that these patients cancer patients as well have been
following my oil-protein nutritional advice for two or three days, which
means that they have been getting sufficient amounts of the essential fats,
they can then tolerate the sun very well. Indeed they emphasize how fine
they suddenly feel in the sun how much their vitality and vigor is stirred
and stimulated." - Budwig, Dr. Johanna, Flax Oil as a True Aid Against
Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer and Other Diseases, Apple Publishing
Company Ltd., Vancouver, 1994, pages 53-54.
As explained on our Cancer Self Treatment page, Dr. Johanna Budwig treats
cancer patients with a mixture of 3-6 Tbsps. flaxseed oil and 4 oz. (1/2
cup) low-fat cottage cheese daily. The mixture is most effective if the
flaxseed oil and low-fat cottage are thoroughly mixed or blended.
For practical assistance see The Oil Protein Cookbook: Use of Oils in
Cooking by Dr. Johanna Budwig, Apple Publishing Co, 1996.
Five targeted nutrients can improve the quality and appearance of your skin
while delaying the aging process for your entire body. These five nutrients
are coenzyme Q10, L-carnitine, alpha lipoic acid, vitamin E, and vitamin C.
- Dr. Stephen Sinatra
(Vitamin C is needed for the synthesis of carnitine, which is required for
long-chain fatty acids to enter mitochondria where they are used for energy
production. Click here for more information on vitamin C and cancer.)
From Dr. David Williams Alternatives newsletter, March 2002:
New research from Monash University, in Victoria, Australia, has shown that
what you eat can directly influence the health of your skin. Skin damage in
individuals living in Melbourne, Australia was compared to that of
individuals living in rural Greece and in Sweden. It was discovered that the
type of foods they consumed influenced the amount of wrinkling and damage to
sun-exposed skin in older individuals from different ethnic backgrounds.
Far less skin damage and wrinkling was found in those individuals who had a
higher intake of the following foods: vegetables, olive oil, fish, legumes,
eggs, yoghurt, nuts, olives, cherries, melons, dried fruits/prunes,
apples/pears, multigrain bread, jam, tea, and water.
Foods that were associated with more wrinkling and skin damage included:
full-fat milk, red meat, potatoes, margarine, butter, soft drinks/cordials,
cakes, pastries, and sugar products. - (J Am Coll Nutr 01:20(1):71-80)
...If you go to the trouble of cleaning up your diet by reducing saturated
fats and the other items listed above, don't replace them with more refined
carbohydrates or sugar. Instead, add more fruits and vegetables - and
include foods rich in the monounsaturated fats that we now know reduce the
risk of cancer and heart disease, reduce inflammation, and, as the above
study indicates, prevent skin wrinkling and slow the aging process. Olive
oil, olives, avocados, and walnuts are all great sources of monounsaturated
oils.
***
From Dr. David Williams Alternatives newsletter, April 2002:
Sunlight exposure is a necessary requirement for vitamin D production in the
body, and is also necessary for proper mood health. However, with the fear
of skin cancer and wrinkling, tanning or even getting sun exposure has
become taboo. The result is that depression is becoming more and more
commonplace.
The problem is that, even under normal circumstances, it would be difficult
for many people to get enough sun exposure to avoid depression in most of
the Northern and Northeastern U.S. cities. Only during a few summer months
are there enough UV-B rays reaching those areas to allow for proper vitamin
D production. (The three main forms of UV, or ultraviolet, radiation from
the sun are UV-A, UV-B, and UV-C. UV-B rays are the ones we need to produce
vitamin D naturally, but they are also the ones that can produce sunburn and
tanning.)
Even when UV-B rays are adequate, most people now either slather on the
sunscreen or avoid the sun altogether. Any sunscreen with a protective
factor of 8 or more will block almost all of the UV-B rays from reaching the
skin.
The ironic thing about all of this is that the incidence of skin cancer has
more to do with consuming wrong fats (too many omega-6 fatty acids and not
enough omega-3s - see Vol.8, No. 8) than it does with exposure to the sun.
Until the general public understands this fact, skin cancer problems will
continue to increase - which will in turn cause even more fear of sunlight
exposure and more depression. This whole situation has gotten way out of
control. Because of the fats we're now eating and our fear of sunlight, it's
becoming necessary to supplement our diets with vitamin D. But in the
natural scheme of things, our bodies can manufacture enough vitamin D when
given regular exposure to sunlight.
Dr. Shelton offers the following insights:
The great sanitarium of Hippocrates, on the Island of Cos, was equipped with
a large solarium for the use of the sun.
Ultraviolet rays of the sun are capable of ionizing sodium, calcium, and
perhaps hydrogen, magnesium, silicon and iron.
Sunshine feeds the muscles. Today every athlete employs sunshine as a
regular part of his or her training. Muscles subjected to proper sun
exposure grow larger, firmer, and have their contractile powers enhanced.
In the absence of sunlight, even with the best food, animals are not healthy.
Cancer is less prevalent in the sunny regions of the earth.
The germicidal power of sunlight is well known. It is the greatest of all
disinfectants and antiseptics.
Sunshine aids in preserving the normal alkalinity of the blood and should
prove an effective aid in restoring normal alkalinity.
Sunshine is essential to the production of good milk.
Sunlight aids in skeletal development of babies before birth and aids in the
production of milk after birth.
Oxygen consumption of living cells is vastly greater in light than in darkness.
Light increases chlorophyll in plants and hemoglobin in animals.
If a child receives an abundance of sunlight it will thrive on almost any
kind of diet, whereas, if you deprive it of sunlight, it will not thrive
well on the best of diets.
Sunshine aids in building good teeth. Breathing becomes deeper and slower,
sleep sounder, blood pressure is diminished. There is not a tissue or
function in the body that is not favorably affected, either directly or
indirectly by sunshine.
Ordinary glass does not permit the ultra-violet rays to pass through.
Basking in the warmth and light of the sun that passes through the window
pane is of small value in the prevention of "disease" or the restoration of
health. The unfiltered rays of the sun alone are capable of assisting the
work of metabolism.
Corpulent, anemic individuals have their weight decreased by sun-bathing,
due to acceleration of the oxidation of fat.
Prolonged exposure of the unprotected skin to the sun's rays results in
severe and painful burning, prostration and even death.
Tanning is due to a deposit of pigment (melanin granules) around the nuclei
of the epidermal and basal cells, following exposure to the rays of the sun.
Pigment is the most important protecting mechanism by which the body
prevents getting an overdose of sunshine.
As more pigment develops in the skin, more sunshine can be enjoyed without
harm.
The brown melanin pigment absorbs the visible and ultra-violet radiations,
and also serves to protect against heat.
In general, pigmented skin is more resistant to infections and other problems.
A good coat of tan increases resistance to both heat and cold.
Pigmented nipples are less likely to become sore during nursing.
Sunshine is the finest cosmetic. Skin, well-pigmented in response to
sunbathing, tends to become firm and strong, but at the same time delicate
and soft, almost silk-like in texture.
Tanning is part of an overall program to create health, but is not a
substitute for right living in other departments of life.
Good pigmentation depends on regular sunbathing.
If lotions and oils provided the "protection" that they are claimed to
provide, they would also prevent tanning and would at the same time deprive
the bather of the benefits of sunbathing.
In a broad general sense all of these lotions are frauds, none of them are
ever necessary, and many of them are actually harmful.
A uniform tan is achieved by exposing the body uniformly to the sun.
Too much exposure to the sun occasions an excessive thickening of the
corneum and, at the same time, makes the skin dry and causes it to scale. A
harsh, dry, coarse skin is the result. Certainly this is not desirable and
it is the worst kind of folly to stay in the sun long enough that this takes
place. The intelligent person will avoid undue exposure and thus avoid the
undesirable consequences.
A silken, smooth skin is the result of proper sunbathing. The ancient rule
of moderation should guide us here. Even animals, birds and insects avoid
over exposure.
Sunburn is a real burn and injures the skin just as much as fire or scalding
water.
Sunburn does not show up immediately. One burns without realizing it until
hours later. The only safety lies in not overdoing the sunbathing until a
protective coat of tan has been built up.
To avoid burning it is only necessary to avoid excessive exposure of the
body or any part of it to the sun until a good protective coat of tan has
been acquired.
A thin haze over the sun does not exclude its ultra-violet rays and will not
prevent burning. A cool breeze will not prevent burning. It is not the sun's
heat rays that produce sunburn. Do not be misled by the fact that it is
cloudy or partially cloudy.
Plants and animals grown under artificial light are not equal to plants and
animals irradiated by the sun. The lamp cannot produce all the effects of
sunlight.
The complete solar spectrum, with all its colors and shades so blended and
proportioned as to produce white light, is needed for ideal growth and
development.
In medical circles sunbathing is blamed for skin cancer. The evidence for
this is very weak. Repeated burning and habitual over-exposure may help to
develop cancer, but what has this to do with intelligent sunbathing?
There are those who tan readily and those who tan slowly and with
difficulty. There are a few who do not tan at all. The amount of precaution
required depends on the type of skin possessed.
Start with six to ten minutes. Expose the front for three to five minutes
and then the back for three to five minutes.
Increase the time of exposure by one minute for each side each day until 30
minutes per side is reached.
Those who do not want a dark tan on their faces, necks and arms may cover
these when taking sunbaths.
Closing the eyes is all the protection they need.
Constant movement in the sun is best. Rest in the shade.
Animals seek the sunlight but avoid its heat. They prefer to be in the sun
during the cool portions of the day and seek the shade when it grows hot.
The late afternoon is also a good time for sunbathing.
If sunbathing indoors, the sun should come in through an open window or door.
One cannot take a sunbath without also taking an air bath, but the air bath
can also be done in darkness. It consists simply in exposing the nude body
to the air.
An air bath of twenty minutes duration reduces the hydrogen-ion content of
the blood to normal.
Air baths will harden one and make one more resistant to weather changes. It
is a good thing to train oneself to resist an exaggerated dread of cold.
Thousands of people enjoy their daily air bath, even in the most inclement
weather.
The above points come from:
Shelton, Robert M., The Hygienic System, Vol. III, Fasting and Sunbathing,
San Antonio, Texas, 1963. Dr. Shelton wrote many books and some are still in
print.
Many nutrients promote the healing of burns, suggesting that a diet rich in
these nutrients may be helpful in PREVENTING burns. This would create
exactly the situation that Dr. Budwig suggests - a greater tolerance for
sunlight.
Nutrient Effect on healing and preventing burns.
anti-oxidants Ionizing radiation creates free radicals. Anti-oxidants such
as MAK, selenium, coenzyme Q10, vitamins C and E help protect the body from
free radical damage.
calcium Needed for protein structuring.
magnesium Magnesium is lost from burns
potassium Potassium is lost from burns.
vitamin A Needed for tissue repair.
vitamin B3 B vitamins help the body deal with stress. Vitamin B3 promotes
blood circulation to accelerate healing.
vitamin C Promotes healing, protects the body from infections, helps remove
toxic chemicals from the body. Vitamin C can be mixed into a lotion and
applied directly to the skin .
vitamin D Needed for calcium absorption.
vitamin E Promotes healing and prevents scarring.
protein Needed for tissue building.
zinc Promotes quicker healing.
selenium Promotes tissue elasticity, is an antioxidant.
Many of these nutrients we have discussed previously in our 8 step program
to prevent and remove cancer. Compare the above table with the following
table which discusses the impact of each or our 8 steps and their impact on
prevention and healing of burns
8 Step Cancer Program Impact on Burns
1. More oxygen Burns are devoid of oxygen. Bandages can be soaked with 3%
hydrogen peroxide and applied directly to the skin. Alternatively, you can
add a cup or pint of 3% hydrogen peroxide to a bath tub of water.
2. More alkalinity Alkaline minerals (calcium, magnesium, potassium) help
prevent and heal burns.
3. Less free radicals Burns create free radicals. Antioxidants such as MAK,
Microwater, Microhydrin and various nutrients help to neutralize free
radicals.
4. More exercise Improved circulation of the lymph resulting in nourishment
and purification of the body tissues.
5. Hyperthermia Promotes circulation, helps to remove toxic chemicals from
the body, thereby reducing free radicals. Hyperthermia is an effective
treatment for skin cancer, because the skin is so easily heated (cancer
cells are destroyed by heat) and toxins can so readily escape through the
skin.
6. More enzymes Enzymes facilitate all metabolic activities, including
healing of burns.
7. Nutrient-dense diet, B17, F, & C Many nutrients are needed for the
healing of tissues. Vitamin F promotes increased oxygen to all parts of the
body, and according to Dr. Johanna Budwig, is essential for the body to
tolerate sunlight, saying it provides "a resonance system for the sun's
energy". Vitamin C significantly reduces radiation damage to skin.
8. Transcendental Meditation Release of stress resulting in calmness of
mind, body and emotions. Having a technique to calm the mind and emotions is
very useful in stressful medical situations. Many problems are very easy to
prevent compared to fix, and the increased clarity of mind that comes with
regular meditation can help prevent the "danger that has not yet come".
Our conclusion is that people following the 8 step program to prevent cancer
as part of their healthy lifestyle should have significantly greater
tolerance for sunlight, and may heal from sunburn more quickly. Moderate
exposure to the sun will help increase the alkalinity of the body and
improve one's resistance to cancer.
Skin Cancer is Big Business
In the USA, Medicare reimbursement for the removal of keratoses and other
benign or precancerous lesions amounted to roughly $211,000,000 in 1995.
Skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma) and carcinoma of the uterine cervix are
generally so readily curable through surgery and radiation that they are not
included in the official cancer statistics. - Moss page 8
An extract from the Australian "devil's apple" plant dissolves skin cancer
cells without affecting normal cells. A skin cream made from this extract
not only helps remove cancer, but also removes moles, blemishes, age spots,
wrinkles and makes you look younger. - Health Sciences Institute
The name of the skin cream containing Devil's Apple is "Curaderm" and it is
available in Australia by prescription only.
SkinAnswer for Skin Cancer
SkinAnswer is a skin cream that can remove precancerous skin lesions
(keratoses) and skin cancers according to one doctor.
SkinAnswer is available in the USA from CompassioNet at P.O. Box 710, Saddle
River, NJ 07458. 800-510-2010. A half ounce bottle costs $45 plus shipping.
Because it is not a drug, the people who sell SkinAnswer are not allowed to
tell you much about it or how to use it. The instructions are available in a
special report called "Another Answer to Skin Cancer" from Dr. David
Williams. The report is available for free when you subscribe to his
Alternatives newsletter.
"In 1995, Gar Hildenbrand, an advisor to the Office of Technology Assessment
(OTA) in its attempt to assess the status of unconventional cancer therapies
in the United States, coauthored a thorough retrospective analysis of
five-year survival rates of melanoma patients treated with the Gerson
Therapy, The results were extremely impressive. Some 82 percent of Gerson
patents with Stage IIIA melanoma were alive five years after commencing
treatment, compared to 39 percent with conventional treatment. For Stage IVA
melanoma, the results were even more exceptional: 39 percent were alive at
five years, compared to 6 percent." - Robbins page 281.
Insulin Potentiation Therapy
"Is it possible that a man with metastatic melanoma, one of the worst
cancers you can develop, can be brought virtually to remission without any
apparent toxicity? Believe it or not, this is just one of several cases of
"terminal" cancer that was dramatically reversed and presented at the
Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT) training workshop sponsored by the
International Oxidative Medicine Association in April.
Chicago's Dr. Ross Hauser presented other equally dramatic cases of several
other cancers. IPT is a treatment utilizing exceptionally small amounts of
chemotherapy for cancer. The toxic effects of the drugs are magnified many
fold on the cancer cells by the hormone insulin, while the low dosage spares
normal cells, The horrific side effects simply do not occur. Most IPT
physicians are experiencing satisfying results. Simply extending life
comfortably and with little, if any, toxicity beats the best of what
conventional treatment has to offer.
Dr. Hauser...now has a new book out called Treating Cancer with Insulin
Potentiation Therapy...IPT physicians can be found at www.iptq.org." - Dr.
Robert Jay Rowen's Second Opinion, June 2002.
***
"Cancer cells need glucose to burn for energy. They are almost totally
dependent upon glucose as their energy source, while other cells can also
burn fats. With few exceptions, all cells require insulin to allow glucose
to enter. Since cancer cells are totally dependent on glucose as their only
energy source, they have many more insulin receptors on their membranes
(this is how the cancer cell consumes the glucose). In fact, they may have
anywhere from six to 15 times the number of insulin receptors as normal
cells, giving them a real competitive advantage in swallowing up fuel.
But insulin has other effects as well. In addition to insulin opening up the
path for glucose to enter, it also makes the cell membrane more permeable to
other substances, including chemotherapy drugs. Thus, because insulin
receptors are so concentrated on cancer cells, increasing the insulin in the
cancer patient's body opens the cancer up. When this happens, the cancer can
be selectively targeted by the cancer drugs without affecting the normal
cells. More drugs will enter the cancer cells in the presence of insulin. In
fact, a study in the early 1980's showed that the chemotherapy drug
methotrexate had its ability to kill breast cancer cells magnified 10,000
times when the cells were prepared with insulin!
...This means a far smaller quantity of chemotherapy drugs are needed to
achieve effectiveness. Hence - little, if any, toxicity!" - Dr. Robert Jay
Rowen's Second Opinion, September 2001.
"All men will develop prostate cancer if they live long enough and lack of
vitamin D may be the most likely cause." - Cancer Causes & Control 9: 6 (DEC
1998):567-582
"Low cancer areas were far more frequent in the sun belt. What was the
significance of sunlight with regard to cancer rates? Sunlight reacts with
cholesterol inside and on the surface of the skin to create vitamin-D.
Vitamin-D helps the body absorb calcium and plays a major role in the bodys
ability to use the calcium that is available," The Calcium Connection, Dr.
Cedric Garland and Dr. Frank Garland, 1989, Forside, Simon and Shuster Inc.
Vitamin D deficiency is common in winter, particularly in northern climates.
Sunshine is good for you. Get some sunshine on your face and body even for
five to ten minutes every day. The sunlight has beneficial results not only
on the skin, but through the eyes, the layers of brain tissues that secrete
"hormones of happiness". - Dr. Keki Sidhwa
Dr. Ott also demonstrated the deleterious effects of various colors of light
on health. His work with microscopic time-lapse photography revealed that
heart cells of chicks, when subjected to red light, weakened and ultimately
ruptured. "This again raises the question," he said, "of whether there may
be any connection between coronary disorders and the high red content within
the spectrum of ordinary incandescent light bulbs." The implications here of
the possible effect of ordinary incandescent light on the cardiovascular
system are enormous, but no one, as far as we know, has followed up Ott's
work in this field...Skin cancer is more common among office workers than it
is among those who work in the sunlight...Ultraviolet deprivation may have
caused the dramatic increase in cancer...There may very well be a
relationship between abnormal fluorescent light, i.e., light that is not
full-spectrum, and the onset of leukemia...Dr. Ott relates his experience
with six women who were able to conceive after he advised them to throw away
their tinted glasses. Estrogen, one of the female hormones essential for
conception, has a sharp peak in absorption of ultraviolet light at 290
nanometers, This frequency of light is usually filtered out by
sunglasses...The same principle may well hold true for the male hormone... -
quoted from Douglass, M.D., William Campbell, Into the Light, Soundview
Books, 1996, pages 192-194. This book is available from Second Opinion
Publishing Inc., PO Box 467939, Atlanta, Georgia 31146-7939. Phone
800-728-2288 or 770-399-5617.
***
When "artificial full spectrum" lighting is used, human calcium absorption
increases, plants flourish and cows produce 15% more milk. - Reich (page 61).
***
Editor's Note: Given the amount of time the average person spends indoors,
it is very important to use full spectrum lighting. Every workplace, school
and home needs this lighting. In our opinion, the best quality full-spectrum
lighting comes from Dr. Ott's company called OTT Biolight. Their website is
www.ottbiolight.com.
Just recently, scientists have discovered that the yellow/orange pigment
bilirubin, found in bile, could possibly be involved in the transfer of
light energy from the sun to our cells.
In previous articles, I've explained how light energy particles called
photons are actually absorbed by various essential fatty acids in our skin
and bloodstream. This is one of the methods our bodies use to store "energy"
from light. It's also one of the reasons I've been so adamant about
supplementing your diet with the EFA's contained in foods such as flax seed
and fish. As part of those recommendations, I have also stressed the need
for proper fat digestion. Even if you supplement your diet with adequate
amounts of essential fatty acids, if you can't digest these healthy fats,
you're still going to have problems.
One of the key components in fat digestion is bile, which is made in the
liver. It is stored and released into the intestine by the gallbladder.
Although most physicians place very little importance on the gallbladder, it
plays a key role in proper fat digestion and your overall health. The proper
timing and release of the bile and bilirubin it contains may be even more
important than we thought, for several reasons.
1) Bilirubin now appears to be one of the body's phototransducers. A
phototransducer has the ability to absorb light energy from photons and
transfer this energy to cells throughout the body...
2) Levels of bilirubin fluctuate with our circadian rhythm...
3) Bilirubin is one of the few compounds that can easily move through cell
walls and into the nucleus of cells...
4) Bilirubin can easily cross the blood/brain barrier.
5) Bilirubin has been demonstrated to have strong antioxidant capabilities.
- From Dr. David Williams Alternatives newsletter, April 2002
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