Sunbathing makes fat disappear, restores health according to the ancient Greeks

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"[Sun bathing] prevents increase of body weight, strengthens muscles, makes fat disappear and reduces hydropic swelling."
— Antyllus, a Greek surgeon, who lived in the 2nd century AD in Rome (150 AD).

He prescribed heliotherapy (sun therapy), as quoted in the book "Sunlight Could Save Your Life" by Zane Kime, MD (1980), p. 260.

Herodotus, the "Father of History", also recommended sun therapy for many illnesses, and said, "Exposure to the sun is highly necessary in persons whose health needs restoring..."

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