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
The short answer is “no”. The long answer is that your son was being a jerk and owes you an apology.
“I am of Scottish, German, English heritage. I burn in December walking to the car. What to do?”
I suggest you panic. The sooner the better.
How womantic.
What is that? A spiny lobster with hair?
The short answer is “no”. The slightly longer answer is that I’d be more concerned if I raised a son gullible enough to believe everything he reads. Some day, he may get over that. You can aways hope.
We only do sunblock when we’re going to be in the sun for an extended period. We use Jason or Kiss My Face sunblock, as it has fewer ingredients and no parabens. The kids’ jungle gym is under a tree, so we go without sunblock most of the day. They’re in and out of the shade but have never burned.
Yes panic is good. I am incapable of independent thought or action without the advice of experts.
It's all about the timing! (And your son is a dweeb!)
lol
NYT article in question:
Vitamin D has been good to her.
Looks like a double D dose.....
We need federal funding.
I know a guy running sun tanning salons and he tells me people screw up and get burned and cancer happens quite frequently.
Also little kids who get burned supposedly tend to be cancer prone later in life.
The Dead Sea area is notorious for tanning without burning because of the murky moisture and dust bowl over it
One episode of a little pinkness is not harmful. A severe sunburn would have been different.Don't feel guilty.
Move up here to Michigan, we don't shovel snow in just our t-shirts.........
Brrr. I like hot days.
Oh great something else to worry about.
I was finally comfortable that coffee was bad for me in odd numbered years, and good in the even years.
LOL, as a person with irridescent white skin, I love that. I never tan, I only burn and peel, so I stay out of the sun except for going from my car to the store, or out of my house to the mailbox. I take Vitamin D supplements, as I have recently heard of a study that says that people in northern climates or climates that do not get a lot of sun (I live in the Puget Sound, Seattle, area) or those with very light skin tone, should be taking Vitamin D. So, I take some every day.
The Sun isn’t to blame for skin cancer.
For that you need to blame high intake of polyunsaturated oils and fats in the diet that suppress immunity to the cells of your body.
I bet lots of sunscreen products contain them as well.
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