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Following on from my interview with John MacMahon, I had the great pleasure and privilege of speaking with Rowan Jacobsen, author of the soon-to-be-published book In Defense of Sunlight.

The book is a labour of love for Rowan, who spent several years digging deep into the science of the manifold benefits of sunlight exposure for human health and well-being. Along the way, he interviewed many of the top researchers in this fascinating and surprisingly controversial field. Why is it controversial to study the beneficial effects of sunlight exposure? Because (as with so many other domains of medical science) doctors and public health authorities have been reluctant to admit that the simple, one-size-fits-all message that has been promulgated since the 1980s - that any sun exposure is bad for you - is wrong-headed, and may have inadvertently contributed to the burden of chronic illnesses including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and many types of cancer.

Our conversation ranged over many topics, from the heliotherapy movement of the early 20th century, to the paradox of increasing melanoma incidence in countries with strong public health messaging around sun avoidance, to the notion of sunlight exposure as a hormetic stress, which increases the efficiency of repair mechanisms as long as it’s not overdone.

I wholeheartedly encourage you to pre-order Rowan’s meticulously-researched and thoroughly engaging book, In Defense of Sunlight, read it cover-to-cover, and follow his sage advice to “Get sun. Not too much. Go outside.”

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A couple of weeks ago, I came across an article in Scientific American on the health benefits of exposure to a very particular segment of the light spectrum - narrowband ultraviolet B (UVB) - for people with multiple sclerosis, psoriasis and other chronic inflammatory conditions. That led me to Cytokind, a medical device company that is aiming to get narrowband UVB light devices into the homes of people suffering from such conditions. I had a chat with Cytokind’s CEO, John MacMahon, who generously agreed to an interview.

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