...to get some sunshine today...

1. More and more of the diseases afflicting humans are being associated with Vitamin D deficiency...Vitamin D that you get from the sun. Everything from the common flu to a plethora of cancers are being attributed at least in part to the deficiency. (http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-more-2009-02-23; http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/cancerMain.shtml)

2. Vitamin D supplements can't do for you what the Sun can do for you... in only fifteen minutes a day. Various Vitamin D supplements are now being shown to be either worthless because the body can't absorb it properly or worse yet, harmful because your body can't monitor the absorption from supplements like it can from the sun. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080125223302.htm)

3. The sun makes you happy. It's true- not only does it make you happy because it's sunny- the link between depression and the absence of the sun for long periods of time is irrefutable. (http://www.sunshine-health.com/Avoiding_Depression_With_Light.php)

Have a sunny day!!!