@@Potatoalex538 I can assure, I get sunshine when I can but my point was trying to make, that a lot of us don't live in a part of the world that sees warm sunshine all year round. It isn't plausible for everybody just up sticks and move to a place that does. Vitamin D must be supplemented, especially in these dark cold winter months.
I respect this guy, he seems like he genuinely just wants to help people live their best life. I will also mention that supplementing with Vitamin D seems to deplete you of Vitamin A!
I haven't seen the sun since last fall.....Michigan doesn't care about our vitamin D levels. Thanks for the info when summer comes I will surely try to get the sunshine
I think our circadian clocks dictate that we should be active and eat during the daylight hours because we are diurnal and not nocturnal creatures, like bats and vampires. Maybe Vitamin D is linked to this ciracdian biology.
@@konglee2899 . It depends on how hot it is if temperatures in the mid 60s degrees 20 to 30 minutes, if in the mid 70s 10 to 15 minutes mid 80s 5 to 8 minutes 90s and above 5 minutes 100s and above no more than 5 minutes, over exposure will damage your skin and give you crocodile skin making you look old prematurely, so just be wise specially with extreme hot weather.
I'm currently working nights, so I pretty much rely on supplemental vitamin D. I was vaguely aware of isn't quite as good as sunlight, but I appreciate knowing some details.
I totally agree on this. If I compare both vitamin d forms, the sun always feels much better and like there is something more going on, inside of the body, compared to taking vitamin d supplements.I always was wondering about that. Thanks for confirming my suspicion.
Do i really feel diffrent ? In which way ? What brand of K2 do you use and is vitamin k only to help the vitamin d asorb ? My dr told me to take magnesium too . That without magnesium none of the vitamin d will work . I’m confused
@@daciasdiy1861 Bronson K2 with D3 Extra Strength, Magnesium Glycinate 420mg. Bought them at Amazon. Do research on what Vitamin D3 can do to your body, you’ll be amazed. Good Luck! I felt an overall feeling of well-being when my Vitamin went up. 😊
@@pjprevite3021 feeling great! my last blood test was 71, so i up my dosage to 15,000iu because i want my level to be about 100, i feel great, bloodwork in a few weeks 😁
Im in northern Michigan, and I spent a lot of time in the sun last summer, getting mild sunburn a few times and keeping a fairly deep tan until about October. I got checked in December for D levels, and to my shock, my level was way way down
This is good info. Natural vs supplemental comparisons. Good interesting stuff. Love the shorts bro. Bring on more small facts like this for me. FUN FACT OF THE DAY. 🥳
Thanks for another great video Thomas. Not to mention your mitochondria produce melatonin in reaction to the sunlight, and near IR light is very good for you
Thank you! I learn a lot from your posts and videos and appreciate your explanations and rationales including the applicable biochemical processes. God bless you!!
I’m not allowed to be in too much sun. Via, industrial vitiligo, mixed with auto immune disease. I do take D3 and K2 daily. Around 15000 d3 and 300 k2 almost daily. I can’t believe I’m saying this. But, I’m in my 50’s🤷🏼♂️
Well it must take one hell of a lot if sun. Ive been doing my 2.75 miles, 4 days a week walks with my shirt off and just shorts most of the winter in Texas and only raised my vitamin D .2 points. Going to have to do a damn supplement.
Being British we don't get any sunshine and when I go on holiday to say greece for 2 weeks I always feel amazing I'm pretty sure it's the vitamin d that I'm not used to
Yes,this is great,and also if we care about good looking skin,the dayly exposure to sun acumilates,that is wrinkles,sagging,skin texture and dark spots, above 35,40 those things,meaning all the acumulativo Sun exposure through our wntire lived,comes out almost by night 😄😄😄😲 so......if i can acheave my health goals first and beauty goals too, 💯 i'm gonna wear SPF 50++++ deligently 😄
From that link I posted: There are 2 kinds of UV light from the sun: UVA -- Destroys Vit D UVB -- Makes Vit D Clouds and block B and let A through. So not only are you not getting any Vit D, you are destroying what you already have.
If your white you shouldn't have a problem even on a cloudy day since your ancestors evolved pale skin specifically for getting vitamin d in that type of climate, if your black or brown you might need a supplement
I live in an island in western Alaska. Only 2 hours of daylight during the winter but those 2 hours are overcast and blizzardy. Then it’s just fog and overcast all summer. Island life huh, guess we need to eat a bunch of fish
I second to that, as women we can't walk under the sun topless. as I understand that the UV must touch to our skin. I got my complete lab test in 2021 my Vitamin D value was 21L Ref Range is 30-100 ng/mL deficiency:
We are supposed to age.. everyone has wrinkles except for a select few. Just like many of us, if left to our own devices, gain weight as we age - the ones who don't are a genetic anomaly. I watch a dermatologist named Dr. DRAY. She's great. She talks about skincare but one video, she did admit that skincare, avoiding sun - that only does you 10% good no matter what product (I can't remember exact number but it was something like that), and nutrition and genetics are stronger. So at this point, 20 minutes a day in natural sun sounds fine. If you work outside, probably wanna be careful but I've not seen much evidence sun avoidance did anything. Now, my best friend and I were in high school in the 90s. People went tanning even in sophomore year - those "hot" popular girls all look like ball sacks on a hot day. We don't. For comparison! Because we went outside sometimes, recreationally, but didn't actively tan. 🤷♀️ so don't take your bra off and sit outside with a mirror like in the 90s, no tanning bed, but I think you'll find even if you lived under ground, you'd still sge about as fast as the next person. Stress, nutrition, genetics, habits (drinking,drugs, alcohol) are going to affect you more than a little sun
By the way, my dad is a construction worker. In sun, all his life. Chronic Farmer's Tan. He's in his late 60s - never drank, did drugs, smoked - he honestly looks like he is still 40. He hasn't aged at all other than getting a pot belly in his age, hair turning whiter, and you wouldn't believe it! My mom smoked for 50 years (she's older) and has looked old as hell since I was old enough to remember. He eats anything green he can get his hands on, she barely eats and if she does, its processed carbs garbage. My mom stays inside, my dad is usually outside even when laid off in winter. I'm beginning to think the sun is not the enemy they told us it was to sell sunscreen
@@Lev-The-King. It might actually be too much if is over 90 degrees, I would only do 10 minutes, I've seen too many people and even me get sun damage specially on the upper chest area right around the neck area, I've seen some blondes in their late 30s with already crocodile skin in that area because of too much exposure to the sun.
@@awakeandalive4248 so true. The sun is very damaging at noon in Florida. So many older people have leathery skin because of too much sun. And cancer is a big risk.
Welp it’s winter and by the time i wake up there bareky 4 hrs of sun left . It’s cold ash outside so with only my face showing indoubt I’ll get it from the sun
I wonder if there's a difference in vitamin D absorption from the sun, when our cells are saturated with PUFA's or Saturated fats. There has to be something to this.
We don't all live in places that get beautiful sunshine most of the time 😔
And if your skin is dark, it makes it even more difficult. Have to get it through food.
Fatty fish and cod liver oil
@@sunwukong7567 not really pop an oil filled 50,000iu capsule once a week to raise your levels up. Now Vitamins does them 👍🏾
Then go find one we have one life atleast go visit once and you can take as much sunlight as possible..
@@Potatoalex538 I can assure, I get sunshine when I can but my point was trying to make, that a lot of us don't live in a part of the world that sees warm sunshine all year round. It isn't plausible for everybody just up sticks and move to a place that does. Vitamin D must be supplemented, especially in these dark cold winter months.
I respect this guy, he seems like he genuinely just wants to help people live their best life. I will also mention that supplementing with Vitamin D seems to deplete you of Vitamin A!
Oh no I hope not! If this is the case need to have more yams, carrots and pumpkin.
Not if you take it in combination with k2
im having trouble finding a source on that and i would like to know more, where did you read about it@@Ashclayton1994
And magnesium
When your shadow is shorter than you... you create vitamin d
I haven't seen the sun since last fall.....Michigan doesn't care about our vitamin D levels. Thanks for the info when summer comes I will surely try to get the sunshine
Only problem is I can’t walk around naked in my neighborhood to get the vitamins D
Lol, yep, but try white cotton clothing, I heard vitamins absord just find through them. But i don't know if it's proven
Aren’t you funny. Not.
exactly my thought. 😁
why not? why giving a fuck...i don t understand ...no one cares
🤣😂😂😂
i think we've all reasonably assumed, quite rightly, that Vit D is better via the sun
His face looks sunken it not healthy
@@hotwheel6663 addicted to food then addicted to fasting. the latter is healthier though
I think our circadian clocks dictate that we should be active and eat during the daylight hours because we are diurnal and not nocturnal creatures, like bats and vampires. Maybe Vitamin D is linked to this ciracdian biology.
how long for each day should I stay in the sun to get the adequate amount
@@konglee2899 . It depends on how hot it is if temperatures in the mid 60s degrees 20 to 30 minutes, if in the mid 70s 10 to 15 minutes mid 80s 5 to 8 minutes 90s and above 5 minutes 100s and above no more than 5 minutes, over exposure will damage your skin and give you crocodile skin making you look old prematurely, so just be wise specially with extreme hot weather.
Yeah... greeting from Ireland.. 😩
Yeah in Ireland we're lucky to get 2 hours of sun per year 🤣
You've got good dairy in Ireland. Good source.
@@sunwukong7567 true. Butter is great.😁
You're white so it's fine
Netherlands ain't doing any better mate
I'm currently working nights, so I pretty much rely on supplemental vitamin D. I was vaguely aware of isn't quite as good as sunlight, but I appreciate knowing some details.
I work night shift too, I take supplements but struggle to keep my level up and feeling all symptoms of the deficiency again after this winter.
I totally agree on this. If I compare both vitamin d forms, the sun always feels much better and like there is something more going on, inside of the body, compared to taking vitamin d supplements.I always was wondering about that. Thanks for confirming my suspicion.
I get a walk in the sun almost every day. 👍
10,000 vitamin D3 with K2 everyday took me from 36 to 91 😊😉 I FEEL GREAT!
Do i really feel diffrent ? In which way ? What brand of K2 do you use and is vitamin k only to help the vitamin d asorb ? My dr told me to take magnesium too . That without magnesium none of the vitamin d will work . I’m confused
@@daciasdiy1861 Bronson K2 with D3 Extra Strength, Magnesium Glycinate 420mg. Bought them at Amazon. Do research on what Vitamin D3 can do to your body, you’ll be amazed. Good Luck! I felt an overall feeling of well-being when my Vitamin went up. 😊
How long did it take you to get from 36 to 91?
How you doing now?
@@pjprevite3021 feeling great! my last blood test was 71, so i up my dosage to 15,000iu because i want my level to be about 100, i feel great, bloodwork in a few weeks 😁
Im in northern Michigan, and I spent a lot of time in the sun last summer, getting mild sunburn a few times and keeping a fairly deep tan until about October. I got checked in December for D levels, and to my shock, my level was way way down
does it have to hit bare skin and does sunscreen block vit d?
Yes sunscreen blocks it. You can try and get morning light on body if you can. Then use a quality supplement with a meal that has some fat in it
This is good info. Natural vs supplemental comparisons. Good interesting stuff.
Love the shorts bro. Bring on more small facts like this for me. FUN FACT OF THE DAY. 🥳
I’m glad I stay in Tampa fl sunshine state 🌞
Thanks for another great video Thomas. Not to mention your mitochondria produce melatonin in reaction to the sunlight, and near IR light is very good for you
Is so clear and useful this info. Congrats.
Thank you! I learn a lot from your posts and videos and appreciate your explanations and rationales including the applicable biochemical processes. God bless you!!
That’s great insight on what you said bro you make a some great points right here 💯👍
does sunscreen negate the benefits? Also are there any advantages to be topless and have more sun exposure?
Happy Easter My friend! Have a fantastic day
I’m not allowed to be in too much sun. Via, industrial vitiligo, mixed with auto immune disease. I do take D3 and K2 daily. Around 15000 d3 and 300 k2 almost daily. I can’t believe I’m saying this. But, I’m in my 50’s🤷🏼♂️
good idea
It would be very beneficial to have the study reference (Study name, date, etc) so one could look it up and the be better able to make application.
Sweet! Love this one Thomas! Thanks brother!
Sunshine is free!
I'm on Florida. I know a few people who spend time out in the sun but surprisingly still have low vitamin d levels.
Well it must take one hell of a lot if sun. Ive been doing my 2.75 miles, 4 days a week walks with my shirt off and just shorts most of the winter in Texas and only raised my vitamin D .2 points. Going to have to do a damn supplement.
What time are you walking ? 11 am to 1pm is the best time for absorption of vit d
@@pga176 mid day but bottom line even if not perfect time one woukd thnk it would have went up more than .2 points
@@missioncodez 5'10", 165 lbs
That's how I got dark spots on my skin by over exposing myself to the sun but I live in California 100 degrees plus
Yes, I sunbathed all sumer last year and measured. My vitamin D was up by 2 points. So something is missing. I am in texas too.
Im from México and i,m overloaded 🤣🤣
Don't forget this effect does not happen if we don't have saturated fats to convert to vitamin D.
You mean we need to eat more fatty meat and eggs daily?
@@natebrook That's almost always the case ;)
@@hankstorm3135 sounds good to me 😀
@@orion9k. I'm good to go I eat eggs and fatty foods every day lol 😆
@@awakeandalive4248 awesome bro 💪
Thank you for this important info 🙏
Is magnesium important for vitamin D
Yeah
Well in Norway we have almost no sun at all in winters time. Need to supplement!
Being British we don't get any sunshine and when I go on holiday to say greece for 2 weeks I always feel amazing I'm pretty sure it's the vitamin d that I'm not used to
Thomas this is solid👍 I know it must be tricky.. but man.. nobody breaks it down the way you do... More UA-cam shorts is a win💪🔥👍🤙 TY good sir
First decent day in Illinois I took my shirt off to do lawn work. Ate some tomato paste to minimize the burn.
There were too many CONTRAILS this winter for anything to get enough sun...🎉
Greeting from Canada can't wait for winter blues 🎉😢
Bro I live in Yuma Arizona, literally the sunniest city on earth, work construction, hunt, fish I’m always in the sun and my levels are super low
V-Shred you look ripped, baby!
Pray and Fast 🙏 🤲 🕍 🕌 ⛪️ 🛕 🙏 Thankyou Thomas 😊
Try it in the Northeast in November to April.
Yes,this is great,and also if we care about good looking skin,the dayly exposure to sun acumilates,that is wrinkles,sagging,skin texture and dark spots, above 35,40 those things,meaning all the acumulativo Sun exposure through our wntire lived,comes out almost by night 😄😄😄😲 so......if i can acheave my health goals first and beauty goals too, 💯 i'm gonna wear SPF 50++++ deligently 😄
I live in Seattle. Is there any way you can get a bit of vitamin D from cloudy skies?
Just be ready for when the sun shows up and get as much as you can it doesn't have to be very hot, warm 60s should be more than enough.
Even with overcast we need to try to get outside
Simple answer ... Clouds block Vitamin D.
From that link I posted:
There are 2 kinds of UV light from the sun:
UVA -- Destroys Vit D
UVB -- Makes Vit D
Clouds and block B and let A through. So not only are you not getting any Vit D, you are destroying what you already have.
If your white you shouldn't have a problem even on a cloudy day since your ancestors evolved pale skin specifically for getting vitamin d in that type of climate, if your black or brown you might need a supplement
UK here. We see the sun twice in July and three times in August. Woohoo!
I live in an island in western Alaska. Only 2 hours of daylight during the winter but those 2 hours are overcast and blizzardy. Then it’s just fog and overcast all summer. Island life huh, guess we need to eat a bunch of fish
Depends on your location though. Sun in the north isn't as effective for vitamin d as sun along the equator for instance.
Nice! What about cloudy days? Supplement?
What do you do if you live up north?
How many minutes a day do I need?
Yes love the sun 😃
Yeah this doesn’t work in the uk we get grey skys most days but in the summer we get a little bit
Thank you Sir.
I live in Norway
British Columbia, the rainy cloudy part!!
Great info!
What do you do in the winter when its zero degrees outside?
Move to another country duh. It's not that hard is it?
Problem is…. Here in California☀️🌞🔥you end up with skin cancer🙂↕️😞😔😣😖 I do my best to limit sun exposure👍👌👏
Have you heard of the UK? :/
I know that blue sky and those stucco houses anywhere.
California
I second to that, as women we can't walk under the sun topless. as I understand that the UV must touch to our skin. I got my complete lab test in 2021 my Vitamin D value was 21L Ref Range is 30-100 ng/mL deficiency:
But does the sun not cause wrinkles and early aging?
We are supposed to age.. everyone has wrinkles except for a select few. Just like many of us, if left to our own devices, gain weight as we age - the ones who don't are a genetic anomaly. I watch a dermatologist named Dr. DRAY. She's great. She talks about skincare but one video, she did admit that skincare, avoiding sun - that only does you 10% good no matter what product (I can't remember exact number but it was something like that), and nutrition and genetics are stronger. So at this point, 20 minutes a day in natural sun sounds fine. If you work outside, probably wanna be careful but I've not seen much evidence sun avoidance did anything. Now, my best friend and I were in high school in the 90s. People went tanning even in sophomore year - those "hot" popular girls all look like ball sacks on a hot day. We don't. For comparison! Because we went outside sometimes, recreationally, but didn't actively tan. 🤷♀️ so don't take your bra off and sit outside with a mirror like in the 90s, no tanning bed, but I think you'll find even if you lived under ground, you'd still sge about as fast as the next person. Stress, nutrition, genetics, habits (drinking,drugs, alcohol) are going to affect you more than a little sun
By the way, my dad is a construction worker. In sun, all his life. Chronic Farmer's Tan. He's in his late 60s - never drank, did drugs, smoked - he honestly looks like he is still 40. He hasn't aged at all other than getting a pot belly in his age, hair turning whiter, and you wouldn't believe it! My mom smoked for 50 years (she's older) and has looked old as hell since I was old enough to remember. He eats anything green he can get his hands on, she barely eats and if she does, its processed carbs garbage. My mom stays inside, my dad is usually outside even when laid off in winter. I'm beginning to think the sun is not the enemy they told us it was to sell sunscreen
How much do you need?
Now that it's back to being Beach weather, I get a minimum 45 mins a day in South Florida Sun, at noon, with no shirt.
You should be good with that amount since you are in Florida
@@Lev-The-King. It might actually be too much if is over 90 degrees, I would only do 10 minutes, I've seen too many people and even me get sun damage specially on the upper chest area right around the neck area, I've seen some blondes in their late 30s with already crocodile skin in that area because of too much exposure to the sun.
@@awakeandalive4248 so true. The sun is very damaging at noon in Florida. So many older people have leathery skin because of too much sun. And cancer is a big risk.
Sunrise and sunset are so much better for you than noon sunshine. That red and NIR light is most repairing and least damaging
So what you're saying is we need to capture the sun, and harness it's energy. How do we make sun milk?
Take any mushrooms and let them sit in the sun for hours. Later take those mushrooms and make smoothies out of them. Voila!
Thanks tommy
What time of the day should we get the sunshine
Good information...
Please use UV protection sunglasses to protect eyes from UV lights
How many minutes of sun exposure?. Will clothes affect the absorption , will clothes affect the ability to absorb vit D?
V-Shred if he wasn't a villain
No too much for a period, cause can cause benign dangerous growth, like say, after 20 years, quoted my skin Dr, Mr Thomas Sir.
Great advice, anywere i can buy a sun? Theres none about here in ireland.
Do I have to take off my shirt to get it or no
Welp it’s winter and by the time i wake up there bareky 4 hrs of sun left . It’s cold ash outside so with only my face showing indoubt I’ll get it from the sun
Haha i live in ohio, we get days like this approximately 3 days out of the year
Haha. I’m in PA. I here ya
20 minutes minimum right?
I wonder if there's a difference in vitamin D absorption from the sun, when our cells are saturated with PUFA's or Saturated fats. There has to be something to this.
How much sun do I need from sun in the state of North Carolina ? Thanks !!
Sunlight everyday baby
When is the best time to get the sunlight?
I live in Sweden but still watched the whole video 😂
Hmm so that’s the real science. While we don’t get much in the winter it’d be nice to figure out how to get a summer’s equivalent during that time
Yes! ☀️☺️
I just do both.
I live in Sicily and get plenty of sun all through the year but I’m still deficient.
Because your liver is KO.
@@ThierryPianoSolothis. Or she’s deficient in co factors like vitamin a, zinc, magnesium or vitamin k2.
Think I'll take a little walk out in the sun, today...
Nice to live in Southern California.
Too much sun and not enough water.
Thanks bro
The sun is healing for many things! There are times of the day where more harmful rays are lower than others to help prevent any damage or sunburns.
what times?
What if i had a malignant melanoma? Im worried about the sun being too much.
so u dont drink water cause u might die from it also? never cross the road since truck can plow you? u scared of life or what
don't eat a pro cancer diet, build up sun resistance without burning
I take 10.000 IU with 200 mcg K2 every 2 days. Am I still safe with that?
Yes
@@grannyfranny5410 you have experience with that? 😊
Bloodwork came back with vitamin D
You can buy the 50,000iu from now vitamins.
That's allot how you're doing now? I also got it prescribed nature doesn't work with me ☀️
Does this work if my doctor told me I'm deficient my levels were 4
Link to the study?
This man is out hear looking like Matt does fitness
I got skin cancer from too much sun. Sunshine feels good though.
Weird, because I’ve got a new mole after directly exposing my face to sunshine.
@@natebrook might want to get it checked out
Yrue alternative day to your body parts ,,,15 mins max 30 mins
SUN also has other benefits, not just D
Do that in the northern hemisphere in winter! not possible
That’s real👏👏👏
Does Uv lights work
Facts 🌞🌞🌞
Unless you have the VDR TAQ gene.
Easier solution, max out on both