THEY LIED TO YOU ABOUT THE SUN.

However, countless studies now prove that sunlight in fact protects you from every major disease on the planet. Optimal vitamin D levels of 50–80 ng/ml have been shown to have a profound protective effect on cancer and chronic disease—and you cannot realistically get enough vitamin D from food alone, you have to be spending time under the sun.

Sunlight is medicine and this has been well known for thousands of years. It’s only recently that we’ve been told otherwise, and it makes you wonder why…

Perhaps the pharmaceutical and sunscreen industry make their billions on this prevalent myth? If everyone woke up tomorrow and stopped fearing the sun, sunscreen sales would plummet and so would pharmaceutical prescriptions…

Follow the money and you’ll find your answers. Sunlight won’t make you ill and it won’t give you cancer. Sunlight is nature’s medicine.

1. It’s Almost Impossible to Develop Autoimmunity with High Vitamin D

Let’s kick things off with a bold truth: it is nearly impossible to develop an autoimmune condition when your vitamin D levels are optimized. And yet, autoimmune disease is on the rise. Coincidence? Doubtful. Studies show that vitamin D helps regulate immune cells like T-regs that prevent the immune system from attacking your own tissues. When you are deficient, that system breaks down. People are being told to fear the very thing that helps keep their immune system from turning against them.

2. High Vitamin D Levels Protect from Cancer

Cancer is not just a disease of bad luck. It is influenced by your environment, your nutrient status, and your cellular health. Vitamin D is crucial for regulating cell growth, signaling, and death—meaning it helps prevent the uncontrolled cell proliferation that defines cancer. Populations with higher sun exposure consistently show lower rates of colon, breast, prostate, and pancreatic cancers. Yet the sunscreen aisle keeps growing and so do the cancer stats.

3. Two Graphs That Say It All

You know the kind of graphs Big Pharma does not want you to see? The ones that show the inverse relationship between vitamin D levels and chronic disease. One graph, higher D levels, fewer cases. Another graph, lower D, and suddenly you are in a sea of autoimmune issues, infections, depression, and cancers. You do not need a PhD in biochemistry to see what’s going on here. The charts speak for themselves—and they are not being printed in your mainstream health magazine anytime soon.

4. Imagine If There Was Something That Could…

Imagine if there was something that could reduce your risk of diabetes, cancer, dementia, depression, autoimmune disease, heart disease, obesity, infertility, and even infectious diseases. Imagine if it was free. Imagine if it came from the sky and all you had to do was step outside. Now stop imagining. That “thing” already exists. It is called the sun. The only reason it is not being sold as a miracle drug is because no one can slap a patent on it.

5. Big Pharma and Big Sunscreen After the Bag

Let’s not kid ourselves. Big Pharma and Big Sunscreen are not public health charities. They are profit-driven machines, and fear sells. Tell people they need a $40 bottle of SPF 100+ every time they walk the dog, and boom—lifetime customer. Tell them that avoiding the sun is “protective,” and they’ll need antidepressants, bone density drugs, statins, and autoimmune meds for the rest of their life. It’s a multi-billion-dollar industry built on solar phobia.

6. Sunscreen Promotes Cancer in Two Ways

First, the chemicals. Many sunscreens contain endocrine disruptors like oxybenzone, which mimic estrogen in the body and have been linked to cancer. Second, by blocking UVB rays, sunscreen halts your body’s ability to produce vitamin D, leaving you more vulnerable to the very diseases you think you are protecting yourself from. It’s the ultimate irony: in an attempt to prevent skin cancer, we may be increasing our risk of internal cancers across the board.

7. I Trust Something as Natural as the Sun More Than…

Lab-made chemicals? Ultra-processed powders fortified with synthetic vitamin D2? No thanks. I trust what our ancestors trusted. The sun has been here for billions of years and helped shape life on this planet. We have a biological relationship with it. The same cannot be said for the ingredients list on your sunscreen bottle or your multivitamin chewable.

8. Your Best Defense Against the Sun Is Your Diet and Lifestyle

Here is what most dermatologists won’t tell you: a diet rich in saturated fat, antioxidants, and nutrients like vitamin A and omega-3s actually helps you resist sun damage. People who eat seed oils and ultra-processed foods burn faster and more severely. Those who eat ancestrally—meat, organs, seafood, eggs—tend to tan more evenly and recover quickly. Strengthen your internal terrain, and your skin becomes more resilient. Your defense does not come from a bottle. It comes from your plate.

Final Thoughts

You have been lied to. Sunlight is not your enemy—it is your oldest ally. The war against the sun is not rooted in science, it is rooted in profit. If you want to thrive, not just survive, start rethinking the narrative. Step into the light, eat real food, toss the toxic sunscreen, and remember this: the further we drift from nature, the sicker we become. Reclaim the sun and reclaim your health.

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