Are You Addicted to Sunlight?

Maylin Rodriguez-Paez RN

Do you ever feel like you need to get sun? There may actually be a physiological reason behind that.

To dig deeper, scientists recently conducted an experiment to determine if UV light caused addiction in a group of mice.

The results, published in the journal Cell, may shed some light on why many people continue sunbathe despite all the health warnings.

UV Light Increased Endorphin Production by 30–50%

For six weeks, scientists exposed a group of shaved mice to UV light, equivalent to 20–30 minutes of mid-day Florida sun on a fair-skinned human. After a week, the mice demonstrated …read more