wayno wrote:i read in a health magazine some time ago an article that had references that claimed the incidence of skin cancer has risen indirect proportion to the increase in the use of sunscreen...
wayno wrote:i dont like the concept of lathering my skin with chemicals that are absorbed into it... people are doing it for decades, the stuff is too toxic to drink so why put it on your skin in regular doses?
wayno wrote:well people think you're safe if you put sunscreen on, but are you really?,,, it still lets uv rays through that cause damage to the skin... and people stay in the sun longer because they have sunscreen on and or they want a tan, worst of all they lie horizontal to the sun maximising uv exposure unlike an upright walker ...
wayno wrote:dont use sunscren at all. cover up makes more sense than smearing yourself with poisonous chemicals on a regular basis.
i dont trust information emanating from govt health organisations, i've seen too much of it thats incorrect. they just spout the established line and are too heavily intertwined with businesses such as pharmaceutical companies to be trusted.
wayno wrote:arabs are among some of the most vitamin d deficient people on the planet because of their tendency to dress head to toe
GPSGuided wrote:wayno wrote:arabs are among some of the most vitamin d deficient people on the planet because of their tendency to dress head to toe
Relative Vit D deficiency or malignant skin cancer, pick one. I think they chose wisely.
matagi wrote:Unfortunately, it is not as simple as that. There is evidence emerging regarding the role of Vitamin D (which is in fact a hormone, not a vitamin) in protecting against cancers.
The bottom line is, as always, moderation. Sun exposure is not bad per se. It depends of what time of day the exposure occurs. Sun exposure in the early part of the day is ok. Sun exposure in the middle of the day is not.
FWIW, you can still get burnt through clothing (depending on the fabric)
wayno wrote:arabs are among some of the most vitamin d deficient people on the planet because of their tendency to dress head to toe
Abstract
The global epidemic of diabetes has not spared the Arabic-speaking countries, which have some of the highest prevalence of type II diabetes. This is particularly true of the Arab Gulf, a conglomerate of high income, oil-producing countries where prevalence rates are the highest. The prevalence rates among adults of the Arabic speaking countries as a whole range between 4%–21%, with the lowest being in Somalia and the highest in Kuwait. As economic growth has accelerated, so has the movement of the populations to urban centers where people are more likely to adopt lifestyles that embrace increased high-calorie food consumption and sedentary lifestyles. These factors likely contribute to the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the Arabic speaking countries.
photohiker wrote:
wayno, shouldn't you be wearing a hat?
wayno wrote:the majority of uv rays that generate vitamin d are available around midday and not early morning or late afternoon.. it possible to get a tan and be vitamin d deficient
GPSGuided wrote:This is where knowledge is important. VitD production like most biological processes isn't a single factor effect. UV isn't everything. There are many other factors.
Picaro wrote:GPSGuided wrote:This is where knowledge is important. VitD production like most biological processes isn't a single factor effect. UV isn't everything. There are many other factors.
….including cholesterol. boom boom
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