Richard Hobday, MSc, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized researcher and author with many years of experience in solar building design. A leading authority on the history of sunlight therapy, he lives in Scotland.
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Publisher’s Preface Introduction 1. Your Body and Mind in the Sun Vitamin D and “The Vitamin D Winter” Deficiency or Insufficiency? Sunlight, Cholesterol, and Vitamin D Sunlight and Skin Type Sunlight and the Blood Sunlight and Growth The Psychology of the Sun Winter Blues and Light Hunger 2. The Decline of the Sun Artificial Indoor Light Comfort and Health Ozone Depletion and Sunbathing Sunlight and Cataracts Skin Cancer Sunscreens and the Sun Sunlight, Free Radicals, and Vitamins 3. How Sunlight Can Prevent Serious Health Problems How Common is Vitamin D Deficiency? Sunlight and Brittle Bones Osteoporosis, the “Silent Epidemic” Rickets and Osteomalacia -- the “Diseases of Darkness” Tuberculosis and the Sun Surgical Tuberculosis Sunlight and Cancer Prevention Colon Cancer and the Sun Breast Cancer and the Sun Prostate Cancer and the Sun Ovarian Cancer and the Sun Sunlight Therapy and Cancer Sunlight and the Heart Sunlight and Diabetes Multiple Sclerosis Sunlight and Tooth Decay Psoriasis 4. Sunlight: A Medicine for Diseases of the Past, Present, and Future The Open-Air Treatment of Infectious Diseases The Open-Air Treatment of Tuberculosis Sunlight Therapy in the Ancient World The Rediscovery of Sunlight as a Medicine Sunlight and Smallpox War Wounds, Sunlight, and Open Air Dr Oskar Bernhard (1861-1939): The Healer of Wounds Bernhard’s Heliotherapy of War Wounds Dr Auguste Rollier, the “High Priest” of Sunlight Therapy The Rollier Method of Sunbathing for Health Making the Most of Sunlight Sunlight and Sea Bathing Then and Now 5. How to Sunbathe Safely Vitamin D, Health, and the Ageing Process Time of Day and Time of Year The Solar Calendar The Solar Year Latitude and Altitude Air Pollution Surroundings Ambient Temperature Diet and the Sun Is Fat a Sunbathing Issue? Diet and Skin Cancer Sunbathing for Health: Which Diet? Sunlamps and Solaria 6. Indoors, Outdoors Buildings and Bacteria Sir Leonard Hill: Comfort or Health? The Nightingale Ward The Fireplace and the Chimney Indoor Health Today Sunlight Outdoors The Orientation of Cities Indoor Light 7. Sunlight and Health in the 21st Century Sunlight and an Ageing Population Ozone Depletion and Sunscreens Buildings, Bacteria, and Sunlight Conclusion References Recommended Reading Acknowledgments Index About the Author
Publisher’s Preface Introduction 1. Your Body and Mind in the Sun Vitamin D and “The Vitamin D Winter” Deficiency or Insufficiency? Sunlight, Cholesterol, and Vitamin D Sunlight and Skin Type Sunlight and the Blood Sunlight and Growth The Psychology of the Sun Winter Blues and Light Hunger 2. The Decline of the Sun Artificial Indoor Light Comfort and Health Ozone Depletion and Sunbathing Sunlight and Cataracts Skin Cancer Sunscreens and the Sun Sunlight, Free Radicals, and Vitamins 3. How Sunlight Can Prevent Serious Health Problems How Common is Vitamin D Deficiency? Sunlight and Brittle Bones Osteoporosis, the “Silent Epidemic” Rickets and Osteomalacia -- the “Diseases of Darkness” Tuberculosis and the Sun Surgical Tuberculosis Sunlight and Cancer Prevention Colon Cancer and the Sun Breast Cancer and the Sun Prostate Cancer and the Sun Ovarian Cancer and the Sun Sunlight Therapy and Cancer Sunlight and the Heart Sunlight and Diabetes Multiple Sclerosis Sunlight and Tooth Decay Psoriasis 4. Sunlight: A Medicine for Diseases of the Past, Present, and Future The Open-Air Treatment of Infectious Diseases The Open-Air Treatment of Tuberculosis Sunlight Therapy in the Ancient World The Rediscovery of Sunlight as a Medicine Sunlight and Smallpox War Wounds, Sunlight, and Open Air Dr Oskar Bernhard (1861-1939): The Healer of Wounds Bernhard’s Heliotherapy of War Wounds Dr Auguste Rollier, the “High Priest” of Sunlight Therapy The Rollier Method of Sunbathing for Health Making the Most of Sunlight Sunlight and Sea Bathing Then and Now 5. How to Sunbathe Safely Vitamin D, Health, and the Ageing Process Time of Day and Time of Year The Solar Calendar The Solar Year Latitude and Altitude Air Pollution Surroundings Ambient Temperature Diet and the Sun Is Fat a Sunbathing Issue? Diet and Skin Cancer Sunbathing for Health: Which Diet? Sunlamps and Solaria 6. Indoors, Outdoors Buildings and Bacteria Sir Leonard Hill: Comfort or Health? The Nightingale Ward The Fireplace and the Chimney Indoor Health Today Sunlight Outdoors The Orientation of Cities Indoor Light 7. Sunlight and Health in the 21st Century Sunlight and an Ageing Population Ozone Depletion and Sunscreens Buildings, Bacteria, and Sunlight Conclusion References Recommended Reading Acknowledgments Index About the Author
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