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Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Photosynthesis

Hi I am James from Taiwan (Yilan County),
December, 16th (Wednesday) Time Zone= GMT (UTC) +8, Humidity: 76%
Weather :16-22 °C (drizzle), Coordination= 24°45'23.47"N, 121°45'54.41"E

You cannot see my face clearly on the following photo, because it was soaking in the sunshine to have photosynthesis.

I am in photosynthesis!


Do human beings need photosynthesis?

About half a year ago, a nurse, who took care of my ill late-father, told me that it benefited my father by basking in the sun for a while every day, he(the nurse) said:” Human beings, as same as the plant, need photosynthesis.” Oops! I never have such kind of idea before, I asked him:” Do you have any scientific base?” He said:” no idea, just heard.” I don’t know why? Anyway, I buy it.

From then on, I often put myself to be under the sunshine for a while, having photosynthesis,.
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Best wishes and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
James Wu (Wu Zhih Cheng, Student Blogger of 2007, May)

Comments

Hi James . As the nurse said the sun has good benefites on our body for example it produces vitamine D which is necssary for observing Calsume in our body . But don't forget to use sun protecting creams on your skin . Anyway I don't know if it makes sense to expose the body to sun with sun protecting creams or not :-) wishes Pary from Iran

Hi! I think it is vitamin called D which needs sun rays on skin to become for useful form to human beings. It is necessary to insorbson of calsium. Calsium is needed to built up bones, mussels, hair and nerve-fibers. And it can be said it makes human beings to grow and keep in fit. When we don't have enough sun shine we have to take phills for it or eat fet fish like salmon. Lucky you!

Hi James, The nurse's idea is very interesting.If our body makes photosynthesis,eating is needless.If It is correct life can be much cheaper and standing under the sun half an hour is enough to survive.We are lucky!!! :)))))

Hi James, you are giving out a lot of energy yourself. You're radiating light and good waves. I love sunbathing but lately I'm taking care much more of my skin. I always apply some sun block. Have a nice day. Cris

Hi james, I love sitting in the sun and daydreaming about from trivial dreams to big dreams whenever I've got a chance because the chances are not common during the winter in England. You look very smart in the chinese style shirt. Have a good day!

Hi James! So true!! A few minutes out in the sun can strengthen our bones. Mind you, you have to put on a sunscreen too. Bye for now!!!

Well James, tanning in the sun you look fabulous. By the way which weather season you're having these days? You wrote about drizzling weather that made me worry about ourselves just living on the basis of photosynthesis...Gosh! this could be a revolution for the humankind which would solve loads of problems. But i think it's impossible we would ever be supplied our essentials with photosynthesis, simply because our stomach which can't produce minerals itself thus needs something in physical form to feed our body. But it is a topic which biophysicists could soon be intensively researching on. Ironically, there is right now a positive side of the photosynthesis. For instance...we wouldn't be spending 2/3 of our income on edibles...we wouldn't have to stress ourselves with who likes what to eat...and there wouldn't be any split ups following the notes:“...Darling, what's about going out for a lunch (...on the balcony)?“, „Oh...dear i think i remain today on diet (by just sitting inside...)“.“Darling...what's about fast food restaurant (going onto sunbed...)?“, „Okay dear...i would take just a light coke (just to sit beside the sunbed...)!. I appreciate your feedback to me...thanks for that. Wish you happy holidays.

Yes, it's very useful.

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