By J. D. Heyes, contributing writer to Natural News
A substantial new study has found that women who received more “active sunlight exposure” were at far less risk for cardiovascular disease, meaning they are likely to liver longer, healthier lives.
The study, published in March in the Journal of Internal Medicine, found that the avoidance of direct sun could actually be as harmful to a person as smoking.
As reported by Wake Up World, the study was conducted by Swedish researchers who studied 30,000 women, assessing the differences in sun exposure as a risk factor for all-cause mortality. The 20-year study involved the Melanoma in Southern Sweden (MISS) sampling of women aged 25–64, and recruited into the study from 1990 to 1992.
When sun exposure habits were analyzed using modern survival statistics, researchers made two major observations:
-- Women with active sun exposure habits were mainly at a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and noncancer/non-CVD death as compared to those who avoided sun exposure; and
-- As a result of their increased survival, the relative contribution of cancer death increased in these women.
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