20/09/2026
The sun is not your enemy. It is the most life giving source of energy on this planet. Without it, nothing on Earth survives. Not plants, not animals, not you.
Here is what the research is increasingly showing.
Studies presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology found that melanoma patients who were vitamin D deficient had significantly worse overall survival than those with adequate levels, with deficient patients showing more than double the mortality risk independent of other factors. A 2025 meta analysis published in Anticancer Research concluded that low vitamin D status was associated with both increased melanoma risk and worsened prognosis.
Around 56% of melanoma patients have been found to be vitamin D deficient. The same patients who have been told to avoid the very thing that apparently produces it.
This is not an argument against sun safety. Burns are damaging. Chronic overexposure is real. But the pendulum has swung so far toward sun fear that we have created a population that is chronically vitamin D deficient and vitamin D governs immune function, hormone regulation, mood, bone density, cardiovascular health, cancer surveillance, and so much more.
Morning sunlight, ideally before 10am, with bare skin and bare eyes where possible (not through glass, not filtered through SPF from the moment you step outside) is one of the most foundational health inputs your body receives. It sets your circadian rhythm, activates melatonin production for that night’s sleep, triggers vitamin D synthesis, and signals safety to a nervous system that evolved under natural light cycles.
The sun gave us life. Our relationship with it deserves more nuance than “avoid and apply SPF 50.”
Get outside. Get morning light on your skin. Question the narrative. 🌿
