How Sunshine Can Help Make Your Workouts More Effective
It’s frustrating to watch obese people suffer in the gym and receive absolutely no benefit.
Eventually they give up. It doesn’t have to be like this. In fact, if they learn how to use one miracle substance properly, they could go to the gym less and have a lot more to show for it - including mega fat loss and lean, sexy muscle.
That miracle substance is sunshine! Proper sun exposure plays a crucial role in ensuring that your body responds to exercise. It helps by increasing insulin sensitivity. The primary mechanism involved is the production of a neuropeptide known as MSH - melanocyte stimulating hormone - and vitamin D. Combined, these “youthanizing” biochemicals help to lower levels of the fat storing hormone insulin. And sunshine is the only thing that can force our bodies to produce them in the right quantity and ratio.
Lowering insulin during exercise also guarantees a boost in age-defying hormones known as human growth hormone, testosterone, and IGF-1. Without sunshine, you could be wasting valuable time in the gym due to high insulin levels. Going to the gym with high insulin would be like trying to fight cancer while being exposed to Agent Orange. Insulin inhibits the release of age-defying hormones as well as our fat burning compounds known as catecholamines.
Proper sun exposure simply means that you expose 80% of your body to direct sunlight for 20 to 40 minutes every other day. Make this happen and you’ll enjoy rewarding workouts met with fat loss and muscle gain.
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June 9th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Sounds great, but it is freezing here, 80% of your body out there in that cold, roll on summer. Maybe on a sunny day (still freezing) I could bounce on the tramp - get exercise, stay warm, get sun exposure and hopefully not scare the neighbours because I am exposing 80% of my body.
June 25th, 2008 at 7:59 am
this doesnt quite make sense to me as a diabetic. My body does not produce insulin and I have to administer it myself. The less insulin in my body the higher my blood sugar levels are, which has a more adverse affect. In diabetics it’s more about lowering blood sugar levels, and increasing insulin which we don’t have. Of course not to go overboard with it.
A normal body should function properly without producing excess insulin so lowering it shouldn’t be an issue.
I understand insulin sensitivity in that the body would need to use a lesser amount of insulin to have the same affect on the blood sugar, which is ideal.
So for me is this more about increasing my insulin sensitivity so I have to inject less of it to do the trick. Although too much sensitivity to insulin will induce hypoglycemia and insulin shock.
August 8th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
I live in North Dakota so we only have warm weather about 4 to 4 to 4 1/2 months a year. What else can I do to produce more of the neuropeptide known as MSH - melanocyte stimulating hormone. I have Vitiligo from Discoid Lupus (which I don’t feel I have any more but the doctor says I do). I don’t take any meds for it because they made me sick so I quit. My pigment is returning very slowly with the use of Elidel (pimecrolimus)cream 1% and positive attitude but I would like to know if there is anything that I can do to produce more MSH - melanocyte stimulating hormone? I am also a Type 1 Diabetic. It is only warm enough here for a short time so outdoor time is in short supply up North. I do take vitamin D3 also in the winter months. I exercise almost every day and am very healthy. I have done your internal cleanse once every week for about two months and that has helped me tremendously, with a lot of things. I know you are not a doctor but I am asking you to volunteer the info to me so you don’t get in trouble for it. Volunteer!!!! and I accept! I threw that in there so you don’t get attacked for trying to help and give advice after all it is just words/talk & free speech. I know your answer will be something easy/simple it always is. Thank you!!