Can indoor flowers and lights replace sunlight?

Plants need photosynthesis to survive, and photosynthesis needs solar energy, that is, the thermal radiation energy of the sun, which is mainly manifested in the so-called solar rays. It is the blackbody radiation emitted by the nuclear reaction on the sun, which is emitted to the earth through a long distance and filtered to the ground through the atmosphere, so there is no such radiation energy for simple lighting.

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1 When the sun shines on our skin, it will dilate blood vessels under the skin, increase blood flow, increase the excretion and resistance of toxic substances, increase the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, strengthen gastrointestinal peristalsis, and promote appetite and digestion.

2. The skin can also make some chemicals, such as ergot and cholesterol, into vitamin D under sunlight. This vitamin D, calcium and phosphorus are important components of our bones. Without them, we would get rickets.

Sunlight is more important for children, because they are growing and developing rapidly, and the development of bones plays an important supporting role for the whole body. Once the lack of sunlight makes body form vitamin D, children's development will definitely have serious problems.

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