HEALING POWER OF THE SUN by Richard Hobday

We have been scared away from the healing powers of the sun, because of understandable fears of skin cancer. Richard Hobday has a background in engineering and solar building design and has combined this expertise with his research into the sun as a means for complementary therapy. He provides a balanced account of the role of the sun in our lives: from the effects of working and living under artificial light, to harnessing the sun to help treat a variety of diseases from osteoporosis to some cancers. He intertwines interesting historical facts about how doctors and nurses (including Florence Nightingale) harnessed the sun and fresh air to treat tuberculosis and infection, with more modern science plus helpful tips on how to have a sunbath that’s beneficial not harmful.

224pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £14.00