What appears to be clear to me is low levels of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) increases our propensity to develop addiction, winter syndrome and chronic pain. POMC and the neuropeptides produced from it is in fact how vitamin D3 modulates so many functions in the body. But it also, as I blogged Read more…
Well beta-endorphins as mentioned earlier in this series of blog posts acts as the bodies pain killer which occurs in the following way. They attach to the mu receptors which are in the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS is made up of the brain and spinal cord. Beta-endorphins by Read more…
POMC also is the source of Y-MSH which is involved in regulating the correct balance of sodium in the body. As you can see this rabbit hole is getting deep and fast. Then UV-B light also has antiseptic properties on its own, helping to prevent infections. But UV-B also is Read more…
So, infections and resulting inflammation are bad. As it appears to take what I consider normal, but others consider high blood levels of vitamin D3 to be effective for one against infections. Take tuberculosis which is a notoriously difficult infection to treat. In one study it took a level of Read more…
An, telling statistic that may confirm that sunscreens may be more of an issue then we thought is there was a 77% increase in incidence of skin cancer between 1994 and 2014. 9 Is this increase a result of our false belief that sunscreen was protecting us when it may Read more…