{"id":57147,"date":"2024-08-19T02:10:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T16:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=57147"},"modified":"2024-08-19T02:10:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T16:10:16","slug":"natural-light-is-an-essential-nutrient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57147","title":{"rendered":"Natural Light Is an Essential Nutrient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-57148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Open_Curtains.jpg\" alt=\"Open Curtains\" width=\"737\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Open_Curtains.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Open_Curtains-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">Sunlight&#8217;s hidden benefits \u2014 Sunlight is crucial for our health, dramatically cutting the risk of dying or getting cancer, yet we\u2019re always told to avoid it<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Beyond vitamin D \u2014 While we recognize the importance of vitamin D, many other critical functions of light in plants, animals, and humans remain largely unknown and will be explored in this article<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Modern light exposure \u2014 Our constant exposure to artificial light is mistakenly seen as harmless, but forgotten research shows it&#8217;s a root cause of many modern physical and behavioral issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">Light and blood \u2014 Blood plays a key role in conducting light throughout our bodies. Disruptions in this process (e.g., from wearing glasses that block certain parts of the light spectrum) can lead to serious health problems<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/08\/09\/natural-light-health-benefits.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/08\/09\/natural-light-health-benefits.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunlight&#8217;s hidden benefits \u2014 Sunlight is crucial for our health, dramatically cutting the risk of dying or getting cancer, yet we\u2019re always told to avoid it Beyond vitamin D \u2014 While we recognize the importance of vitamin D, many other critical functions of light in plants, animals, and humans remain largely unknown and will be &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57147\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Natural Light Is an Essential Nutrient&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57149,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57147\/revisions\/57149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}