Full Spectrum Light & Childhood Health

Why was there so much less tooth decay after exposure to full-spectrum light, including trace UV? And why did immunity improve under full spectrum lights? According to Dr. Ott: "Every nutritional substance and medicine has a specific wavelength absorption. If those wavelengths are missing in the artificial light source a person is exposed to, then the nutritional or other hoped-for benefits of the substance will not be utilised." UV functions as a nutrient and as a co-factor (a substance required for a bodily process to occur) in the utilisation of other nutrients.

The full spectrum lights corrected the children's deficiency of vitamin D3. This enabled more complete calcium absorption and lowers the risk of osteoporosis and hip fractures in later life. Recent research has found that nearly half the people of all age groups taking RDA-strength supplements have too little vitamin D. When the body doesn't have enough of it to absorb adequate calcium, it extracts calcium from bone.