We’ve spent the past few decades discussing how important it is to stay out of the sun. We completely understand the dangers connected with it and do everything we can think of to keep it away from us. We wear countless layers of the largest SPF sunscreens that we can buy. We use huge hats. We use long sleeves and also pant legs even in the warmest of temps. We do our best to keep only in the shady areas-some have even started carrying parasols and umbrellas all around so that their skin never comes into contact with direct sunlight. Now we’re starting to find out that sunlight can sometimes be pretty helpful. Can direct sunlight actually help you?

There is a fresh study that demonstrates people who let themselves get some exposure to direct sunlight aren’t as likely to come down with MS as folks that take steps to minimize sunlight contact on skin. The study was originally performed to discover how Vitamin D affects the progression of Multiple Sclerosis. It rapidly became clear, though, that the Vitamin D generated in our bodies as a reaction to sunlight is what is really at the root of things.

It’s been acknowledged for a very long time that Vitamin D and sunshine can impact the way the immune system works and how it can contribute to Multiple Sclerosis. This study, on the other hand, focuses on the affects of sunshine on people who are experiencing the very earliest symptoms of the disease. The true objective is to observe how sunlight and Vitamin D may affect the symptoms that are now known as “precursors” to the actual disease symptoms.

Unfortunately there are not a lot of ways to really quantify the hypothesis of the study. The study wants to show whether or not exposure to the sunlight can actually prevent MS. Unfortunately, the scientists found out, the only way to that is to watch people over the course of their lives. This is only way that it may be possible to calculate and comprehend the levels of Vitamin D that are present in a person’s blood before the precursors of the disease show up. As it stands right now, people with normal sun exposure seem to have fewer MS symptoms, specifically in the beginning, than those who live in darker and colder climates-but this was already widely known.

The fact that the risk of getting skin cancer goes up proportionally to the amount of time you spend in direct sunlight (without protection) is also a problem. So, if you try and stop one disease, you could be helping to induce the other one. Of course, if you ever get skin cancer early on enough you are a lot more likely to cure it. MS still has no cure.

So what should you do: chance skin cancer or chance MS? Talk to the physician to figure out if this is an excellent idea. Your health care provider will find out if you are at risk for the disease (and how much) by checking out your genetics, medical history and current health. This can help a family doctor determine just what the best thing for you to do is.

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