Silencing The Sun Story

The topic of my worst performing videos is not a coincidence.

While Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter seems to have reduced censorship on that platform, I can tell you from personal experience it’s alive and well on YouTube.

I’ve been posting short health and fitness videos on YouTube since 2022. Over the last year, I’ve been getting good traction, especially considering I’m an unknown that doesn’t have cleavage bouncing around. Even my throwaway videos get over 1,000 views. For example, my latest post — 10 seconds of me donating blood — racked up 1,100 views. I have 20 videos with over 5,000 views and three with over 10,000 views.

Everything is going well except for videos on one specific subject:

• ​Your Sunglasses Are Ruining Your Health – 21 views
• ​How to get red & NIR light at sunrise even if you can’t see the sun – 211 views
• ​The Importance of Morning Sunlight – 441 views
• ​Set your circadian rhythm, boost your energy even on cloudy days – 67 views
• ​Get more sun to heal injuries faster – 199 views

Of course, YouTube is just one participant in the global effort to figuratively block out the sun (as compared to the literal one). Among many unfortunate consequences, one is that even well-meaning doctors overlook the number one driver of human health.

For example, a Board Certified Radiation Oncologist recently took to Twitter to address the surge in colon cancer among younger populations. She said that colon cancer is a preventable disease, with diet — specifically fiber — as the most significant factor.

As proof, she says that Native Alaskans traditionally consume very low levels of fiber and have the highest rates of colorectal cancer in the world. On the other hand, she says, South African indigenous tribes consume four to five times the daily fiber as the typical American, and these tribes have the lowest CRC incidence in the world.

Well, here we go again. As Dr. Jack Kruse has noted, for nearly 100 years (starting with Canadian anthropologist Weston A. Price) researchers have mistaken food for light.

The key difference between Native Alaskans and South African Indigenous populations is the sun. South Africans enjoy year-round UVB, which among other benefits provides consistent vitamin D production. Higher circulating vitamin D levels are associated with lower colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, and — ChatGPT tells me — colon tissue is highly responsive to vitamin D signaling.

Additionally, Native Alaskans no longer live their traditional lifestyle, which included marine-based diets rich in vitamin D. They’ve also lost the biological benefits that came from cold adaptation, specifically superpowered mitochondria.

In reality, we don’t need to pester young people to eat their broccoli. We just need to encourage them to get off the couch and go outside.

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As an athlete, model, personal trainer, and all-around fitness fanatic, Keva Silversmith has logged thousands of gym hours, and accumulated the nagging injuries that seem unavoidable. Committed to strength, fitness, physique, vigor, and confidence at an age when most men have let it all go, Keva has studied and experimented with how best to preserve his health and stay forever 35.

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