Know The Positive Effects Of The Sun For You And Your Baby

For millions of years mankind understood that the world would not last long if the sun stopped shining. All civilizations noted that all species, and especially plants, need the sun to grow and develop. The chain of discoveries led them to understand the positive effects of the sun on human beings, among which the energy it provides to the body stands out.

Sunlight makes us appreciate the positive side of life and drives away tiredness, depression, bad mood and stress. The explanation for this is that ultraviolet rays increase the production of a neurotransmitter related to the sensation of well-being: serotonin, which also intervenes in the regulation of sleep and body temperature.

In addition, exposure to the sun helps you and your baby to be calmer, as the rays of the star Rey help calm the nerves, calm anxiety and therefore sleep better.

The sun’s radiation also has an analgesic effect that has relaxing properties that help reduce muscle aches, especially those in the back.

But there is more: did you know that every time you and your child take a little sun the bones of both are strengthened? Although sunlight will never reach the bones, UV rays help to produce vitamin D in the skin and this vitamin is very important for the mineralization of bones, as it helps the intestine absorb the calcium and phosphorus it needs. and it also prevents the kidney from eliminating them.

And it is precisely in childhood when the body uses these minerals to make bones. If you or your baby don’t get enough calcium, or if the body doesn’t absorb enough calcium, bone production and bone tissue can suffer.

The sun beautifies the skin

In addition, it has been discovered that the sun is capable of increasing the number of white blood cells or lymphocytes, the cells responsible for defending you, in the first instance, from infections.  Another positive effect of the sun is that it improves and prevents childhood asthma.

The reason is that the lack of vitamin D, contributes to worsen asthma and allergic processes; Therefore, having adequate levels of the vitamin offers a protective effect against this type of disease and reduces the chances of diagnosing asthma in children. Just 30 minutes of sun, two or three times a week, is enough to recharge your vitamin D stores.

On the other hand, if your child is already in that stage when acne appears, the sun can help eliminate it. It is necessary to take it in moderation, it only takes half an hour of sun a day to improve the appearance of your skin. The key to this type of treatment is to take it in the late afternoon, when you are not in danger of a burn.

Do not be scared if the first week it seems that it is “getting worse”, that means that the sun is causing a cleaning reaction, keep in mind that the skin has no other resource to eliminate fat and impurities than to expel what is left to fix the problem.

After a week of treatment, the skin will regain its balance and gradually heal. This issue of acne does not only apply to your child since the benefit reverberates in the same way for adults.

Sunbathing precautions

We all know that exposing ourselves to the sun excessively can be counterproductive, so it is advisable to sunbathe moderately. For example, the best time to do it is in the morning, especially the first hours and avoid the sun after 11:00 am and until 4:00 pm when its rays are more aggressive.

It is also necessary that half an hour before leaving the house, both of you apply sunscreen every day and that the sunbathing does not last for more than 30 minutes continuously. Ideally, both begin to sunbathe continuously, increasing the exposure time progressively: First 5 minutes for two or three days, then 10, 15 until 20 minutes, which is the ideal time of exposure to the sun.

It is essential to highlight that babies under 5 months should not be exposed to the sun, and that it is necessary to be very careful with children when they are exposed to the sun, for which it is necessary to control the time they are under its influence and apply sunscreen regularly .