Aug 01 2008
3 Reasons Why Sunscreen Might Be Bad For Your Health!
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3 Reasons Why Sunscreen Might Be Bad For Your Health!
1) Sunscreen blocks the production of melanin (the pigment causing a protective tan to form), resulting in a higher risk of skin cancer.
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2) Sunscreen blocks the production of vitamin D. A deficiency of vitamin D weakens the immune system and increases the risk of heart disease and cancer.
In children especially, vitamin D deficiency is also correlated with tooth decay and crooked teeth.
3) Many of the chemicals found in sunscreens are actually carcinogenic (cancer causing) and oestrogenic.
WARNING - If you see any of the following ingredients, steer clear: benzophenones (dixoybenzone, oxybenzone), PABA and PABA esters (ethyl dihydroxy propyl PAB, glyceryl PABA, p-aminobenzoic acid, padimate-O or octyl dimethyl PABA), cinnamates (cinoxate, ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, octocrylene, octyl methoxycinnamate), salicylates (ethylhexyl salicylate, homosalate, octyl salicylate), Digalloyl trioleate, Menthyl anthranilate and Avobenzone.
It is absolutely vital that you get educated on the basic health of your family, the mighty dollar tends to cloud many businesses sound judgment where it concerns your good health.
Protect your immune system with 15 minutes of direct sunshine daily, else you can supplement.
Your health
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this shows that too much of a good thing can be bad for you - including sunscreen
we make sure to cover up our kids some of the time but other times we make sure to let them catch the sun
its a blance
cheers
Tony
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I have always felt the insanity over sunscreen and keeping the sun from ever reaching your skin is very unhealthy. My experience living in the southwest is to stay out of the sun when it’s hot - and enjoy it when it’s cold. It feels good to soak up the rays in the winter and early spring. People who think coating themselves with chemicals is healthier than a little sunshine are kidding themselves. The only time we use it liberally is at the beach, where I have gotten a killer sun-poisoning and won’t repeat that experience!
It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago that people were screaming about the horrors of skin cancer resulting from not using that sunscreen. Unfiltered sun was bad.
Actually, if you’re going to be in the sun all day then some kind of sunscreen probably isn’t a bad idea. I think you’re right abouit using it ALL the time, though.
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