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Studies show that the incidence of cancer is 6 to 10 times lower nearer the equator, where sun- light is the strongest and where “civilized diets” with its “bad fats” and chemicalized food are rare. People who eat “close to the earth” and who have consistent, daily exposure to the sun are much less likely to develop skin cancer, such as melanoma, than city folks who are inside all day, getting very little sunlight exposure and eating poor diets.

In the middle of today’s cancer epidemic, it’s difficult to remember that cancer was once a rare disease affecting less than 1% of the population. Today’s statistics predict one out of every three will develop cancer. Some of the healthiest, most long-lived cultures in the world, such as the Hunzas and Vilcambabas, live at high elevations where sunlight is much more intense than at sea level.

​These people typically spend many long hours outside every day, especially in farming. Yet they have traditionally lived to very old ages without getting any form of cancer. Their cultures also have diets rich in whole foods, grown without chemicals or polluted water. Unnatural “bad fats” such as margarine are unknown to them.