The War Against the Sun with William B. Grant

Title: The War Against the SunGuest: William B. Grant Recorded: April 2026For millions of years humans evolved under direct sun exposure, yet modern dermatology and the $15-billion sunscreen industry declared the sun public enemy number one.In this episode we unpack the evolutionary blueprint that makes sunlight essential for health, the 1980s American Academy of Dermatology rebrand that turned dermatologists into sun-cancer warriors, and the uncomfortable data: despite decades of fear messaging, melanoma rates in the US and Australia have roughly doubled since the mid-1980s.Drawing from A Midwestern Doctor’s explosive editorial Dermatology’s Horrendous War Against the Sun, we explore diagnostic drift, chemical sunscreen absorption, and the dermatology market now exceeding $8 billion in the US alone.Physicist-turned-vitamin-D researcher William B. Grant joins the show to reveal why so many randomised trials on vitamin D fail (they ignore baseline levels and achieved serum levels), the real benefits for cancer, diabetes, pregnancy outcomes, and eight of the top ten causes of death, and why observational data tells a very different story from the official narrative.We close with a bigger question: what happens when we use sunscreen to override the ancient evolutionary bargain our bodies struck with the sun — trading circadian rhythm, nitric oxide, and natural protection for the illusion of unlimited exposure?A must-listen if you’ve ever questioned the sunscreen dogma or wondered whether the sun is actually the villain we’ve been told it is.Listen now and step back into the light.Links and interview references:Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research Center - https://www.sunarc.org/ William B. Grant - Key Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Grant+WB&cauthor_id=11920550 Dermatology's Disastrous War Against The Sun editorial by A Midwestern Doctor: https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/dermatologys-disastrous-war-against-f81 U.S. Dermatological Drugs Market Report: https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/us-dermatological-drugs-market-reporthttps://www.grandviewresearch.com/horizon/outlook/dermatological-drugs-market/united-stateshttps://www.grandviewresearch.com/press-release/us-dermatological-drugs-market-analysisAustralia Dermatological Drugs Market:https://www.grandviewresearch.com/horizon/outlook/dermatological-drugs-market/australia