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Health Tip: Sunshine, Friend or Foe?
By Mike Alexander Sr.

Mike is involved with several organizations including the National Association of Health Underwriters, Independent Insurance Agents Association, East End Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau and the National Association of Small Business Owners, to name a few. Mike is a licensed Risk Manager and highly regarded in the insurance industry.

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As an insurance executive one of my biggest goals is to keep people healthy. That's great for the client, my companies, and for the economy in general. With that, I'm continuously looking for quality information that you can use in order to stay healthy.

The Vitamin D Controversy

On occasion, when man has manipulated nature in an attempt to correct a perceived "problem", things have backfired with the end result being worse than the original situation. Examples of this abound. In 1895, Thomas Austin released 24 wild rabbits on his property in Australia to improve his hunting options. The resulting rabbit "plague" is primarily responsible for the extinction of one-eighth of all mammalian species in Australia. The once-common and harmless cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia), one of the largest and most spectacular insects in North America, is now becoming rare in the Northeast United States as a result of a parasitic fly that was released to control gypsy moths.

The prohibition on sunlight exposure may be another example of unecessarly "meddling" into human lives. Clearly, excessive sunlight exposure and blistering sunburn carries with it the risk of premature aging of the skin and skin cancer, but sunlight also contributes to human well-being.. Sun exposure appears to be even more important than dietary sources in getting adequate amounts of Vitamin D. This occurs when UV rays from the sun trigger vitamin D synthesis in skin. Vitamin D is a critical micronutrient in mantaining bone health, maintenance of a healthy immune system, and possibly even protection against the development of certain types of cancer. Most people are now aware of the importance of Vit D and ....Click here to sign up to eDocAmerica and read more of this article.