Sunshine

I come across some interesting things and thought I'd share this one. We know that sunshine increases Vit. D levels and that many Lyme patients are low on Vit. D. I won't go into that now because many already know about this.

I've also seen where sunshine can increase acetylcholinesterase which many Lyme patients don't have enough. Acetylcholinesterase lowers acetylcholine levels and there can be many negative effects from too much acetylcholine and not enough serotonin. Sometimes, abnormal pupil size can indicate if your acetylcholine levels are too high. The list of adverse effects from too much acetylcholine mimics the list of adverse effects from Lyme. IMO, we should treat the condition of too much acetylcholine (& not enough serotonin) as much as we should treat the Borrelia burgdorferi. Here's a list of adverse reactions for quick reference. You can add muscle twitching to this list but there can be multiple causes for muscle twitching.

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Another interesting article I've recently seen showed that sunshine decreased methylation in human skin. I've been fortunate to see quite a few methylation gene profiles on people who suffered from symptoms associated with Lyme Disease. Almost all of those patients had similar genetic profiles with multiple mutations along the methylation pathway. The variable gene alteration people may or may not have is CBS. The worst condition patients are often homozygous for CBS, but some don't have this alteration in their profile. As far as I can remember, almost all of the poor condition patients also had VDR and COMT mutations. These are often associated with hypermethylation situations and those patients are more sensitive to methyl groups. If sunshine reduces methylation, these patients may benefit from sunshine.

journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1000971

I am dark skinned and used to tan very easily. I now avoid the sun for some strange reason and assumed it has to due to a blocked VDR gene. I do not tan very well now and assumed it was due to a form of pyolruria (KPU). I feel like I would be better off getting some sunshine and I'm not sure why I avoid it now.

That's so interesting! I do best if I can get out and garden for a day on the weekends. It depends on what my gut says as to what I will wear....sometimes I wear a tank top and shorts to get lots of sun and sometimes I wear a long sleeve shirt to cover up so I don't get so much sun. If I miss a weekend in the garden, I feel more run down and slow for that week until I can get back out there and hit the garden the next weekend. I kind of figured it had something to do with the sun and also the fact that I drink and sweat a ton, flushing my system and clearing things out.

Thanks for posting!

Jenny

I am very olive skinned and I used to sun bath and get very tanned. I can't lay around that long any more. I feel like I am wasting a day. No problem wasting a day as a teenager. LOL!

I do not like sunburns and have learned how to slowly get tan. I swim a lot in the summer but for the first few weeks I swim for about 20 minutes and then I swim with a t-shirt over my suit so my shoulders won't burn. I then up my sun so by the end of summer I can swim for 3 hours and not get burnt and no t-shirt.

Sun is such a mood elevator to me. But a nice rainy or snowy day can be such a comfort day for me. I love seasons.