Please beware of the risks of exposing your skin to sunlight in general and UVA light in particular. A large body of evidence suggests that UVA light exposure on the skin can increase risk for various skin cancers. This podcast episode is not intended as a recommendation to increase your personal amount of time spent in the sun. The decision of how much sunlight to expose your skin to is yours to make. This podcast episode is intended to raise awareness of only some of the effects of UVA in order to help you make that decision an informed decision. So, in the name of increasing awareness of all of the effects of sunlight on human health, please take into consideration not only the potential positive psychological effects that were mentioned in this episode, but also some established harmful somatic effects of UVA light:

https://www.skincancer.org/risk-factors/uv-radiation/

Study link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC113771/

Study reference: Gambichler T, et al. Impact of UVA exposure on psychological parameters and circulating serotonin and melatonin.

BMC Dermatol. 2002 Apr 12;2:6. doi: 10.1186/1471-5945-2-6. PMID: 11952999; PMCID: PMC113771.