20 minutes of sunlight is all we need for good sleep.

Question

Experts recommend at least 20 minutes of sunlight, and/ or more depending on the tropical climate conditions, to be exposed to vitamin D. Which promotes good sleep, health and mood.

https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/benefits-vitamin-d

Comments

first off, I just want to say that the use of 2 articles proves that you really looked into the research. I do believe the claim that you need 20 minutes in the sunlight to get better sleep and gut health because a good sleep schedule and getting at least 7 or 8 hours a sleep can help with all aspects of the body, especially gut health.

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as commented above, having two articles to back up your original claim is means that you did your research on the topic, although, the first source you listed has no mention of vitamin D improving your sleep. your sources seem reliable, and they include research that that supports their claim.

Answer 1

I can find numerous other studies that corrobarate this claim that Vitamin D aids in regulating sleep, including the results of a National Institute of Health study that describes how Vitamin D helps produce Melatonin. However, this study noted that there was not enough evidence to conclude that Vitamin D can help people with sleep disorders like sleep apnea or insomnia.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32156230/#:~:text=Results%3A%20Vitamin%20D%20receptors%20and,human%20circadian%20rhythms%20and%20sleep.

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You should link one or two of the articles that Vitamin D aids in sleep that you had found. It would definitely help provide context to the one you did link. Great Answer!

Answer 2

It's nice that you gave two articles to look into for my information. After reading the article 'Why 20 minutes of sunlight is all you need for good sleep, gut health, and immunity" I could see how you develped your claim. The article mainly talks about the benifts from getting direct sunlight or therefore vitamin D. For example, I read about how it helps with bone health, immune support and gut health. So yes, according to this article sunlight is good for many different things involving the human body. After reading the article through I also saw a section related to sleep and it stated, "Sunlight is also needed so that the body can follow a circadian rhythm.(sleep and awake cycle) So yes, the ideas in the articles do point to the fact that sunlight helps with sleep. But the question is, is just 20 minutes of sunlight all you need for good sleep? The other article you put explains more in depth beniftis to vitamin D as well, including better quality sleep. So althoguh vatiamin D does help with sleep, I don't specfilaly see that just 20 minutes is all you need for good sleep. As well as the idea that there are many parts that go into a good night rest. Therefore I would say this claim is likely misinformation.

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I appreciate how you went through and sourced the article in your fact-checking. However, how come you didn't include any sources to rebuttal the original, which would help your argument.

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You did a great job breaking down their source in order to discredit it. With that being said, do you have any evidence that the claim is incorrect all together?

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It would be great to have reliable sources that prove your point rather than analyze the source related to the claim. Thanks!