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.
How long do we want to live, and how long can we truly stay healthy? More and more scientists today agree that it’s not the length of life (lifespan), but its quality (healthspan), that should be our goal. How we
How do we keep living with light when we leave the island where the sun shines almost every day? In the second episode of Sunny Podcasts, I speak with Rebecca Pelayo, an architect and artist from France, who spent several
How to find a new rhythm when there’s less light? Returning from Crete to Poland marks a new beginning for me – and a new test for my internal clock. Autumn, with its equinox, shorter days, and invitation to slow
What does it take to leave everything behind and start fresh on a sunlit island in the Mediterranean? In this very first episode of Sunny Podcasts, I talk with Annette Eccles, who boldly left the US to build a new
Human skin colour is not just a matter of aesthetics – it is a record of thousands of years of evolution, in which sunlight and nutrients such as folate shaped our health and survival.
Pigmentation genes are now one of the fastest-growing areas of research. Just three decades ago, our knowledge of skin colour was very limited – it was believed that only a few single genes were responsible for it.
Skin color is the result of a brilliant survival strategy – for thousands of years, pigmentation adapted to the amount of sunlight in the environment.
Today, however, our lives look very different from the past – we spend most
Skin colour is the result of a brilliant survival strategy, encoded in our bodies over thousands of years. Skin pigmentation is no accident – it is nature’s precise response to the amount of light in our environment.
More and more research shows that natural sunlight affects not only our mood, but also our circadian rhythm, recovery, and mental health.
And silence? It’s not emptiness — it’s a biological need that supports the nervous system just as
“Notes from the Sunny Island” is a personal series on the Sun for life blog, where I share everyday moments and reflections from life in Crete – a place where light sets the rhythm of each day. If you’re looking