Our blog is a space for understanding how sunlight and UV radiation interact with the human body. We explore different aspects of light, from its role in everyday functioning to the risks associated with excessive exposure. We show how to approach light more consciously, taking into account both its significance and its limitations.
Explore with us how light fits into everyday life, discover different aspects of tanning, both in the sun and in tanning beds, and dive into scientific research that helps better understand sunlight, UV radiation, and the technologies related to it.
It has been almost a year since the first article was published on Sun for Life. This past year has been a time of building the project. The beginning of spring feels like a natural moment to pause, reflect on
Sanatoria of the 19th and 20th centuries were places where, for the first time in modern history, light began to be treated as an element of therapy. In the era before antibiotics, it was sunlight, fresh air, and carefully designed
Can light change our chemistry, and with it, our entire life? In the sixth episode of the Sunny Podcast, we welcome Gilles Marin, a teacher of the Taoist tradition and founder of the Chi Nei Tsang Institute. We talk about
Hospitals are often associated with technology and sterility, but what if the most powerful medicine is still nature itself? More than 150 years ago, Florence Nightingale demonstrated that darkness could be more deadly than wounds and that direct sunlight was
The Industrial Revolution was the first moment in history to cut people off from natural light. Life shifted into cities, factories, and enclosed spaces. This article explores how the loss of sunlight affected public health and became the starting point
What supports women’s health during pregnancy and long after? In this episode of the Sunny Podcast, I talk with Jen Aliano from GrassrootsHealth about vitamin D, sunlight, and key nutrients that play an essential role in the health of mothers
For millennia, the Sun has shaped the rhythm of life and health. In traditional medicine, it functioned as a natural “clock of life,” regulating activity, rest, and bodily balance. Today, science confirms that without light, neither our circadian rhythm nor
In the latest episode of the Sunny Podcast, I speak with Dr. Anita Wasik – a scientist, herbalist and therapist who sees health as part of a larger ecosystem: the sun, soil, plants, and the human body.
Recently on the Sun for Life blog, we explored the history of light in medicine and the Asclepieia, places where light, nature and the rhythm of the day supported healing. Today, I invite you to one of them: Lissos on
Long before science emerged, the sun taught people how to live in harmony with nature and became one of the first tools for supporting health. In this part of the “Sunlight in Medicine” series, we return to the Bronze Age
For millennia, sunlight supported healing and health. Today, science confirms what earlier generations knew: without light, neither our bodies nor our minds can function properly. We return to the forgotten history of Light in human health.
What happens when the body starts sending signals that can no longer be ignored? In the third episode of the Sunny Podcasts, I speak with a couple who, after seventeen years in Scotland, decided to begin their life again from