And, here’s the new way to deal with wintertime low sunlight:

Recent reports show that the optimum intake of vitamin D, ideally as D3, may be closer to 2,000 iu than the 400 iu in most multivitamins.

This new optimum level is said to keep your bones strong & help prevent osteoporosis; & to cut the number of most cancers by a good bit. Stronger bones & less cancer make it worthwhile to take as it’s quite inexpensive.

In addition, it’s been reported that, people who get vitamin D intakes that approach this optimum stop having or ge

They all work. And several of them work almost immediately. And others often work at least some within a week or so.

Many people would like to feel better this time of year.

Some find the holidays a bit or a lot too stressful. And, not only do some people get tired of bad weather & gloomy skies, some people have physically caused changes, SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder, from being deprived of sunlight.

If you feel even a little bit blue or down this time of year even when your family & holidays are going well or at least OK, this set of things may help:

1. For cases or suspected cases of SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder, doctors prescribe light therapy for people to use first thing in the morning with a bright full spectrum light.

But you don’t need to see a doctor to try it. Whether it’s your bathroom or kitchen or the room where you read the morning paper or the room where you read the news online, you can get a full spectrum light bulb that’s bright & just use it for 30 to 45 minutes first thing in the morning.

Another way to get full spectrum light that works even better you might not believe. But it works great.

If you live or work in an area that is safe to walk in, both weather wise & in terms of personal safety, try taking a 20 minute walk most days at Noon.

In the winter, it may look gloomy, be overcast, or even be raining or snowing some. But, it may shock & surprise you to know that a light-meter shows that the actual sunlight you are getting is considerably MORE than you can get with the inside light therapy we just covered.

One man tried this during a very rainy time when everyone around him was getting depressed --AND staying inside at Noon. Everyone else was still depressed. But after a few days of walking at Noon, he felt fine. So he kept doing it & continued feeling fine. But no one else did what he did; & they all stayed depressed.

The reason more people don’t do this is that everyone’s eyes automatically adjust the large light intensity by sharply narrowing the pupils in their eyes. And, of course, there really is less sunlight inside. So they don’t realize how much actual sunlight is still coming through & available to help them feel better.

And, here’s the new way to deal with wintertime low sunlight:

Recent reports show that the optimum intake of vitamin D, ideally as D3, may be closer to 2,000 iu than the 400 iu in most multivitamins.

This new optimum level is said to keep your bones strong & help prevent osteoporosis; & to cut the number of most cancers by a good bit. Stronger bones & less cancer make it worthwhile to take as it’s quite inexpensive.

In addition, it’s been reported that, people who get vitamin D intakes that approach this optimum stop having or get

1. For cases or suspected cases of SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder, doctors prescribe light therapy for people to use first thing in the morning with a bright full spectrum light.

But you don’t need to see a doctor to try it. Whether it’s your bathroom or kitchen or the room where you read the morning paper or the room where you read the news online, you can get a full spectrum light bulb that’s bright & just use it for 30 to 45 minutes first thing in the morning.

Another way to get full spectrum light that works even better you might not believe. But it works great.

If you live or work in an area that is safe to walk in, both weather wise & in terms of personal safety, try taking a 20 minute walk most days at Noon.

In the winter, it may look gloomy, be overcast, or even be raining or snowing some. But, it may shock & surprise you to know that a light-meter shows that the actual sunlight you are getting is considerably MORE than you can get with the inside light therapy we just covered.

One man tried this during a very rainy time when everyone around him was getting depressed --AND staying inside at Noon. Everyone else was still depressed. But after a few days of walking at Noon, he felt fine. So he kept doing it & continued feeling fine. But no one else did what he did; & they all stayed depressed.

The reason more people don’t do this is that everyone’s eyes automatically adjust the large light intensity by sharply narrowing the pupils in their eyes. And, of course, there really is less sunlight inside. So they don’t realize how much actual sunlight is still coming through & available to help them feel better.

And, here’s the new way to deal with wintertime low sunlight:

Recent reports show that the optimum intake of vitamin D, ideally as D3, may be closer to 2,000 iu than the 400 iu in most multivitamins.

This new optimum level is said to keep your bones strong & help prevent osteoporosis; & to cut the number of most cancers by a good bit. Stronger bones & less cancer make it worthwhile to take as it’s quite inexpensive.

In addition, it’s been reported that, people who get vitamin D intakes that approach this optimum stop having or ge

Another way to get full spectrum light that works even better you might not believe. But it works great.

If you live or work in an area that is safe to walk in, both weather wise & in terms of personal safety, try taking a 20 minute walk most days at Noon.

In the winter, it may look gloomy, be overcast, or even be raining or snowing some. But, it may shock & surprise you to know that a light-meter shows that the actual sunlight you are getting is considerably MORE than you can get with the inside light therapy we just covered.

One man tried this during a very rainy time when everyone around him was getting depressed --AND staying inside at Noon. Everyone else was still depressed. But after a few days of walking at Noon, he felt fine. So he kept doing it & continued feeling fine. But no one else did what he did; & they all stayed depressed.

The reason more people don’t do this is that everyone’s eyes automatically adjust the large light intensity by sharply narrowing the pupils in their eyes. And, of course, there really is less sunlight inside. So they don’t realize how much actual sunlight is still coming through & available to help them feel better.

And, here’s the new way to deal with wintertime low sunlight:

Recent reports show that the optimum intake of vitamin D, ideally as D3, may be closer to 2,000 iu than the 400 iu in most multivitamins.

This new optimum level is said to keep your bones strong & help prevent osteoporosis; & to cut the number of most cancers by a good bit. Stronger bones & less cancer make it worthwhile to take as it’s quite inexpensive.

In addition, it’s been reported that, people who get vitamin D intakes that approach this optimum stop having or ge

The reason more people don’t do this is that everyone’s eyes automatically adjust the large light intensity by sharply narrowing the pupils in their eyes. And, of course, there really is less sunlight inside. So they don’t realize how much actual sunlight is still coming through & available to help them feel better.

And, here’s the new way to deal with wintertime low sunlight:

Recent reports show that the optimum intake of vitamin D, ideally as D3, may be closer to 2,000 iu than the 400 iu in most multivitamins.

This new optimum level is said to keep your bones strong & help prevent osteoporosis; & to cut the number of most cancers by a good bit. Stronger bones & less cancer make it worthwhile to take as it’s quite inexpensive.

In addition, it’s been reported that, people who get vitamin D intakes that approach this optimum stop having or ge

And, here’s the new way to deal with wintertime low sunlight:

Recent reports show that the optimum intake of vitamin D, ideally as D3, may be closer to 2,000 iu than the 400 iu in most multivitamins.

This new optimum level is said to keep your bones strong & help prevent osteoporosis; & to cut the number of most cancers by a good bit. Stronger bones & less cancer make it worthwhile to take as it’s quite inexpensive.

In addition, it’s been reported that, people who get vitamin D intakes that approach this optimum stop having or getting winter-time SAD.

Apparently, one of the biochemical causes of SAD is that when you get less sunlight, your body makes less vitamin D; & vitamin D is needed in certain quantities to keep your brain from developing depression in some physical or biochemical way.

Some sources say that taking more vitamin D than 2,000 iu is desirable; & others say it can be harmful, particularly if you do it continuously over several months.

However, 2,000 iu daily seems likely to be safe. At the very least, taking a multivitamin with 400 & a D3 capsule with another 400, for a total of 800 iu should be safe all year.

And, it may well pay you to take an extra two or three D3 capsules for a total of 1200 to 1600 during midwinter &/or gloomy rainy weather.

(This presumes you get some vitamin D from your food. Milk is often fortified with some vitamin D.)

2. People living in places where they often eat an abundance of wild caught fish & seafood rarely get depressed.

And, I think such studies of large populations are even more reliable evidence than double blind studies since the numbers of people are so many times larger.

Even better, people who are depressed, other than those who are severely depressed due to brain injury or something of that kind, are reported to stop being depressed if they take one to three capsules of purified fish oil a day.

It also helps to eat wild caught fish & seafood. But these can have some mercury & other pollutants, so two or three times a week is better overall than once or twice a day.

Also, at this time virtually all farmed fish has far fewer Omega 3 oils & considerably more pollutants than wild caught.

So, for a robust supply of the Omega 3 oils that do the job, purified fish oils are best. Most of the better ones also add a lemon or orange flavor that makes them taste way less fishy than you might imagine if you haven’t tried them yet.

And, there’s more good news. Improvement from boosting your intake of Omega 3 oils usually happens within a few days.

Even the antidepressant drugs that work for a particular person take weeks before you know if they’ll help.

In addition, there are reports that the Omega 3 oils in these foods & purified fish oil supplements help prevent some kinds of heart disease & joint pain.

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