I expiremented with this whole no sunscreen idea yesterday. I spent approximatley 30 minutes outside around 1 o'clock, when I started to feel I had gotten enough sun I went inside and cooled down, then around 4 I went back out, still no sunblock and comfortably spent the rest of the day basking in the glorious vitamin D giving sunshine. Today, I am sunburn free, and pretty happy with my first sunshine filled, sunscreen free day.
Now, getting burned is definitely not good for you, but managing and accepting Vitamin D is something I feel most people neglect to do. We are bombarded by the media basically since birth to apply as much sunscreen as possible for our entire lives. Sunscreen though blocks Vitamin D and Vitamin D is extremly important for our skin, and our general well being. Have to be out side for a long time? Bring light long sleeved clothing and a hat to cover up with. (Also, who knows what scary chemicals we subject ourselves to everytime we apply sunscreen.)
Here are a couple links about this whole sunscreen debate....
http://gizmodo.com/5823058/tanning-can-cause-cancer-but-not-tanning-could-cause-a-lot-worse
http://freetheanimal.com/2008/12/vitamin-d-deficiency-and-all-cancer.html
http://www.grassrootshealth.org/_download/GarlandF_Can_Diabetes_be_Prevented_VitaminD120208.pdf
Out enjoying some vitamin D!
No comments:
Post a Comment