THE SKIN – THE EFFECTS OF SUNLIGHT (INTRODUCTION)

Sunlight of a certain wavelength is especially intense in the mountains and by the sea, changing white tyrosine to a brown colour. This pigment, which tans the skin so beautifully, is on the one hand a protection against burns and on the other, a stimulus for the manufacture of antibodies for various infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis and diseases of the throat and chest.

As individuals it seems that we are still not well enough informed about the importance of sunlight for our well-being. Otherwise we would find out just how much or how little can benefit our health. If we were to put our children on a natural diet rich in calcium and let them spend more time in the open air and sunlight, rickets and scrofula (tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands) would be unknown. The ultraviolet rays change ergosterol, which is present in the human body, into vitamin D. And it is generally known that a deficiency in calcium and vitamin D is mainly responsible for rickets and lymphatic problems.

Beauty and well-being are highly dependent upon the general tone and buoyancy of the body, and both are significantly increased by exposure to sunlight.

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