How the Sun Can Improve Your Health

5 ways a little sunshine will give your health a big boost.

R. Dennis Brady
Stronger Down the Stretch
5 min readApr 23, 2023

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Photo by Evi Radauscher on Unsplash

My niece, Olivia, has blonde hair and light skin, so she tends to get sunburned easily. She’ll never have a tan, but she realizes that God created many healing agents available without a doctor’s prescription.

King David said in Psalm 19:1,

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

God’s handiwork is displayed without question in the majesty of the rising sun and its natural healing powers.

Stronger Down the Stretch strives to provide information about natural remedies without downplaying some people’s need for professional medical and psychological help. The sun is one of God’s many glorious creations with healing properties.

Here are 5 ways the sun can boost your health

1 — The sun promotes higher-quality sleep

We’ll start with my favorite way the sun boosts your health. Sleep is delicious, but a night of long sound sleep in midlife is a slippery event. Our bodies have an internal clock called circadian rhythm that cues our bodies to function in 24-hour cycles…

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