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Pros and Cons of Sunlight, Health Channel

Exposure to sunlight has benefits, such as it regulates sleep cycles and stimulates body’s production of Vitamin D.

Nina Dieguez, Internal Medicine Physician with Baptist Health South Florida, says vitamin D is very important in the absorption of major minerals we need for our functions.

But sunlight also can be bad for your health causing wrinkles, age spots, freckles and skin cancer, among others. Michelle Brewster, Internal Medicine Physician at the same institute, explains sunshine is considered the biggest cause of visible aging.

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