Posted on 07/08/2014 8:02:42 AM PDT by Phillyred
According to a June 2014 article featured in The Independent (UK), a major study conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that women who avoid sunbathing during the summer are twice as likely to die as those who sunbathe every day.
The epidemiological study followed 30,000 women for over 20 years and “showed that mortality was about double in women who avoided sun exposure compared to the highest exposure group.”
Researchers concluded that the conventional dogma, which advises avoiding the sun at all costs and slathering on sunscreen to minimize sun exposure, is doing more harm than actual good.
That’s because overall sun avoidance combined with wearing sunscreen effectively blocks the body’s ability to produce vitamin D3 from the sun’s UVB rays, which is by far the best form of vitamin D.
In the USA, vitamin D deficiency is at epidemic levels. Ironically, vitamin D deficiency can lead to aggressive forms of skin cancer. A ground-breaking 2011 study published in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that optimal blood levels of vitamin D offers protection against sunburn and skin cancer.
Additionally, vitamin D protects the body from diseases like multiple sclerosis, rickets (in the young), tuberculosis, inflammatory bowel disease, type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren’s syndrome.
According to the Vitamin D Council, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently reported that “lack of sun exposure may lead to cognitive decline over time.”
A dissident dermatologist Bernard Ackerman, MD, (deceased 2008) was one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject of skin cancer and the sun, sunscreens and melanoma skin cancer risks.
Below are Ackerman’s views excerpted from an article in The New York Times (July 20, 2004), titled “I BEG TO DIFFER; A Dermatologist Who’s Not Afraid to Sit on the Beach”:
The link between melanoma and sun exposure (dermatology’s dogma) is unproven.There’s no conclusive evidence that sunburns lead to cancer.There is no real proof that sunscreens protect against melanoma.There’s no proof that increased exposure to the sun increases the risk of melanoma.
A 2000 Swedish study concluded that higher rates of melanoma occurred in those who used sunscreen versus those who did not.
Sunscreens: Cancer-Causing Biohazards Elizabeth Plourde, PhD, is a California-based scientist who authored the book Sunscreens – Biohazard: Treat as Hazardous Waste, which extensively documents the serious life-threatening dangers of sunscreens not only to people but to the environment as well.
Dr. Plourde provides proof that malignant melanoma and all other skin cancers increased significantly with ubiquitous sunscreen use over a 30-year period. She emphasizes that many sunscreens contain chemicals that are known carcinogens and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC).
Environmentally, she notes: “In areas where there has been much exposure to ED [endocrine disrupting] chemicals, coral and other sea populations have died off and the prevalence of dual-sexed fish has risen.”
Dr. Plourde’s research on mice and sunscreen exposure also showed increases in both pup and maternal mortality as well as reproductive issues in subsequent generations.
Additionally, the book documents how sunscreen chemicals have polluted our water sources including oceans, rivers and municipal drinking water. Worse yet, testing revealed that 97% of Americans have sunscreen chemicals in their blood!
Dr. Plourde’s book also has a chapter on the importance of vitamin D3 to health, and she posits that the widespread vitamin D3 deficiency is linked to overuse of sunscreen combined with sun avoidance in general.
Sources:
http://www.independent.co.uk http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov http://www.vitamindcouncil.org http://www.nytimes.com http://www.faim.org https://www.vitamindcouncil.org http://science.naturalnews.com
Credit: “Compelling evidence: Slathering on toxic sunscreen and avoiding the sun could jeopardize your health and shorten your life,” from naturalnews.com, by Paul Fassa
God created the sun, vitamin D, and humans who need vitamin D.
Now we have conflicting studies that the sun is both good and bad for you.
I hate being sunburned. I do sunscreen and then take vitamin D3 supplements. *knock wood*
Sunscreen deniers. Settled science. The debate is over!
I am of Scottish, German, English heritage. I burn in December walking to the car. What to do?
Last I heard, the Death Rate was holding steady at 100%.
He also created Irish.
Sunshine is good for you. It contains Vitamin D.
Too much exposure to the sun is bad for you.
It is that simple.
Now give me the taxpayer money that the government is wasting on all these studies.
My wife took our son in for a 1 month checkup and the dr said he had to mention the necessity for vitamin D supplements for children, some new guideline.
My wife asked him - “can’t I just take him out in the sun for a little bit to take care of that?”
The Dr said “that’s why I like you as a patient”.
He has to deal with a bunch of... well, Obama voters, “si, se puede!” types that have no baseline of common sense or education.
My grandsons, 12 and 9, stayed with me this week end. We had a great time until their Father came to pick them up. The 12 year had a slightly pink face. My son asked if they had used sunscreen while in the pool. They had but they hadn’t reapplied it every 45 minutes. I didn’t know they had to. My son left the house still criticizing me and telling me I could never watch the kids again. That’s all I can think about, did I hurt my grandchild because I was stupid?
“Sunshine is good for you. It contains Vitamin D.”
Really? :)
(I know what you meant)
….and your point would be?
I hate being sunburned. I do sunscreen and then take vitamin D3 supplements. *knock wood>”
I read a study by one doctor several years ago that said that wearing sunglasses contributes to sunburn Apparently, if the eyes do not detect the sunshine the body cannot protect against a burn.
Run...
I like to get out and get some sun when I can because I am confined to an office all week. I like to tan some, but not bake. I will continue to use 15 - 30 sunscreen because I hate to be sunburned - it is uncomfortable and it peels.
Send your son some info on how good the sun is...my (renowned) MD/ND would tell your son he is a fool...There is less skin cancer at the equator than in northern climes. And what is wrong with a “ little pink?”
Seen these studies before. Vitamin D is apparently pretty important and getting enough outweighs the melanoma risk in the long run. Don’t know if just taking a vitamin D supplement would get you the same mileage.
We have nurses in the family and I’ve always been told that those who sit in sunshine in the hospital day room heal faster.
No. Sounds like your son can be as stupid as mine.
It seems it was likely for the best. As another posting suggests, science is often more tentative than we tend to think. Poor Mark Steyn has to go through a legal ordeal to prove it.
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