QUOTES 2/15/2017

“By being a nudist and being open about it, you definitely make a statement: a body is not something to be ashamed of and it can be openly shown to everyone.  As nudist we believe nudity is good.” – https://nuetheureux.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/are-nudists-making-a-statement-by-being-naked/

“I grew up in a traditional family in the Midwest.  My mom always ran around the house naked and I didn’t think anything about it; my father was also occasionally naked, walking from room to room.  I became more embarrassed about my body when I got into my teen years and by the time I was in college I was wearing ridiculously baggy clothes to cover my body. . . naturism . . . opened me to a metamorphosis that can be likened to a chrysalis maturing into a beautiful butterfly.  I have now fully spread my wings to fly.” – Tracy, https://asanaexposed.com/2015/12/26/mike-tracy-naked-yoga-interview/

“Ninety-eight percent of the bodies we see displayed in the media are a form less than two percent of us can achieve.” – Joni Edelman, http://www.ravishly.com/2016/04/22/i-got-naked-camera-because-fat-bodies-need-be-seen

“This group [Young Nudists of Texas United, or YNOTU (as in 'Why Not You?') sounded like it was sexual . . . But they were doing things normal people would do in private like playing pool or having a pool party.  If you go to a nudist event seeking to swing, it would be considered offensive.  Nudism is about acceptance of others.  It empowers people.” - http://www.fwweekly.com/2016/04/13/young-nudists-rising/

“Analyzing data on more than 10,000 patients, University of Kansas researchers found that 70 percent were deficient in vitamin D and they were at significantly higher risk for a variety of heart diseases.  D-deficiency also nearly doubled a person's likelihood of dying, whereas correcting the deficiency with supplements lowered their risk of death by 60 percent.  ‘We expected to see that there was a relationship between heart disease and vitamin D deficiency; we were surprised at how strong it was. . . It was so much more profound than we expected.’ . . . After taking into account the patients' medical history, medications and other factors, the cardiologists found that people with deficient levels of vitamin D were more than twice as likely to have diabetes, 40 percent more likely to have high blood pressure and about 30 percent more likely to suffer from cardiomyopathy - a diseased heart muscle - as people without D deficiency.   Overall, those who were deficient in D had a three-fold higher likelihood of dying from any cause than those who weren't deficient. . . Vacek said he believes so many people are deficient because we should get about 90 percent of our Vitamin D from the sun and only about 10 percent from our food.  The human body makes vitamin D in response to skin exposure to sunlight. . . A sufficient amount of Vitamin D absorption from the sun would require at least 20 minutes of full-body exposure each day in warmer seasons, and most people aren't outside enough.” - Dr. James L. Vacek, professor of cardiology at the University of Kansas Hospital and Medical Center, The American Journal of Cardiology, online Nov. 7, 2011, http://www.nudist-resorts.org/talk/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6347