The Sunscreen Myth

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The Sunscreen Myth JoAnn Guest Jul 30, 2003 12:58 PDT

 

The Sunscreen Myth

 

Updated 02/19/03

 

The sun has taken a lot of blame for our increased rates of skin cancers

(along with the depletion of the ozone layer), but research uncovered by

Dr David G Williams [Alternatives, April 1993; 4: 22] shows that the sun

might not be the culprit, and hiding from the sun by using sunscreens

can not only increase your chances of skin cancer, but it can increase

your chances of all sorts of problems by interfering with vitamin D

synthesis.

 

According to Dr Williams: " Despite what you may have been led to

believe, there is not adequate scientific data to support the belief

that sunscreens prevent skin cancer (melanomas or basal cell cancers). "

 

Melanin, Dr Williams points out, was thought to be only the pigment

responsible for tanning, however, it has other important roles: it

absorbs the UVA’s, UVB’s, and UVC’s in ultraviolet light, and

neutralized oxygen free radicals during the invasion of bacteria, fungi,

and viruses, and from exposure to light. When you use a sunscreen, the

melanocytes are not stimulated to produce melanin, which actually

interferes with the skin’s natural ability to protect against the

harmful effects of ultraviolet light. Additionally, without melanin, the

UVA’s are allowed to penetrate deeper and bombard blood vessels, nerves,

and other tissues.

 

Your primary source of vitamin D comes from the sun. The use of

sunscreens interferes with our body’s natural synthesis of this vitamin.

The increased use of sunscreens has created such a deficiency of vitamin

D that some researchers feel that mother’s milk is nearly devoid of

vitamin D and that newborns need extra supplementation to avoid rickets.

 

In addition to a rise in rickets in America, Dr Williams describes a

number of problems associated with vitamin D deficiencies: hearing loss

at high frequencies, increased dental cavities, increased hip fractures,

increase in colorectal cancer, breast cancer.

 

From the a few practitioners in the Wellness Directory of Minnesota™, we

have discovered another contributor to our rise in skin cancer rates:

trans fatty oils or as they are commonly referred to: Partially

Hydrogenated Oils. It’s hard to believe that our hospitals are still

serving margarine as a safe alternative to butter. The trans fatty oils

in margarine (the industry is escalating their use as we write this:

frozen foods, cocoas, breads and pastries, canned processed foods, cream

soups, and the list goes on; obviously we all must learn to read labels)

are responsible for a host of cancers. They stiffen your body’s cells

not allowing nutrition to pass in or toxins to pass out. Dr Johanna

Budwig’s research has demonstrated that certain wavelengths of sunlight

vibrate at the same frequency as the chemical bonds in unsaturated fatty

acids (trans fatty oils are unsaturated). This, she feels, leads to

early mutations that can become skin cancers. Additionally, Dr Budwig

feels that for a free flow of nutrients to your cells and elimination of

toxins, your body needs the supersaturated fatty acids (Omega-3 oils)

bound to protein (especially bound to protein if your liver is weak).

See the section on Dr Budwig and Omega-3s in the article Alternative

Cancer Therapies.

 

Budwig's theories from the fifties have been proven in the nineties. The

World Health Organization has published statistics on skin cancer rates

of various nations. Take a good look at Mexico. Skin cancer was once

virtually unknown there. Today their rates of melanoma are approaching

those of the US. We are told to stay out of the sun. The only sun

bathers in Mexico, except for the extreme rich (less than 1% of the

population) are vacationers. Yet how did their incidence of skin cancer

quadruple over night? Ozone layer effect?

 

The answer is actually quite simple. For centuries Mexicans have cooked

in lard. America's advertising is far reaching and the Mexicans,

especially along the US border, to be in vogue and tasteful, have bought

into our lies and picked up on many of our habits. Lard usage has

dropped, margarine usage has risen, and you can graph its rise right

along with the rise of skin cancer. The proof lies in the low incidence

of skin cancer among the poor in low population density areas away from

modern supermarkets. Their skin cancer rates have not increased. They

still use lard.

 

Then how do you protect against the damaging effects of sunlight? Beta

carotene and vitamin C seem to give us some protection. Hats and extra

(light) clothing will help. And from Dr Williams’s research, you can

make a sunscreen from vitamin C. Using vitamin C crystals (the buffered

types don’t seem to work), make a 10% solution and spray it on 10 to 15

minutes before going into the sun, and continue to apply it liberally.

You can use a liquid solution in a spray bottle, or add the vitamin C it

to your favorite Aloe Vera gel (from Simply Natural Products; after six

years, our research shows SMP to manufacture the best aloe products, bar

none). It seems that this simple 10% solution of Vitamin C in water (or

in aloe gel) also helps acne, eczema, and psoriasis. [Alternatives,

March 1993; 4:21]

 

We found another skin cancer remedy in Dr Williams's September issue of

Alternatives: the Devil’s Apple (Solanum sodomaeum) which contains the

glycoalkaloid, solasodine. A medical researcher and biochemist Dr Bill

Cham has been rigorously testing a glycoalkaloid cream he developed, and

Dr Willimas points out:

 

Not only was the cream totally free from an biochemical or clinical side

effects, it also proved to be virtually 100 percent effective in the

prevention and treatment of solar keratoses, basal cell carcinoma and

squamous cell carcinoma.

 

You should note that these three cancers are benign. For an in-depth

discussion of them, contact Mountain Home Publishing at (210) 367-4492.

 

Don’t wait for the product to be available soon in America, but since

you are allowed to order a three month supply of any medication from

abroad, you can order Curaderm (the same extract studied by Dr Cham)

from England: Masters Marketing Company, Masters House, No. 1

Marlborough Hill, Harow, Mddlesex HA1 1TW, England, phone:

011-44-181-424-9400. The total cost of product and shipping is $50.50.

 

Author's Note: I've recently used Curaderm on a suspected spot on my

cheek. In less than a week, it ate it right off. I applied some aloe

vera gel over the next few days and healthy pink skin grew back.

Curaderm is an escharotic, like Cansema below.

 

Dr Danopoulos of Greece created the drug Carbatine for fighting skin

cancers. Carbatine is a combination of creatine hydrate and urea (a

chemical derived from urine costing about $9 per pound). He experienced

a 99% cure rate injecting Carbatine directly into skin cancers. Many

more cancers, including liver cancer, have been helped by Carbatine

because it destroys the " water " matrix surrounding and protecting cancer

cells, thus opening them to attack by the body's immune system.

Carbatine can be consumed orally, however, BUN levels must be monitored

daily.

 

Finally, for basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, apricot

pits (the natural form of Laetrile) has been shown to clear these

cancers up completely. Go to Laetrile for information on ordering

apricot pits. However, make sure you read the article in Alternative

Cancer Therapies and follow the instructions.

 

Cansema is a topical ointment that kills cancer. It is an escharotic, a

Greek word meaning something caustic that leaves a pus formation. There

have been patented in America four echarotic remedies that are no longer

in use. Harry Hoxsey created an escharotic and used it successfully from

the twenties through the fifties when he was tossed in jail (for healing

cancer; doctors just hate it when someone outside their fraternity can

out-do them.)

 

Using Cansema can be painful, especially on large skin tumors, therefore

do this only under the supervisions of a trained health care

practitioner.

 

Though banned in the US, you can still purchase it from overseas. Go

here and check out their web site: http://www.altcancer.com/can1.htm.

 

Trienelle is a new skin cream designed to stop aging and prevent skin

cancer. It is a vitamin E cream, but unlike most vitamin E products that

are made up solely of alpha-tocopherol, this product is made from mixed

tocopherols and another form of vitamin E: tocotrenols. A report in Free

Radical Biology & Medicine (10:263-275, 1991) showed that supplements

made from tocotrenols were up to 60 times more effective than the

alpha-tocopherol found in most vitamin E products.

 

Trinelle is a quality product using the most expensive ingredients.

Melatonin to heal damaged skin, reishi and versicolor mushroom extracts

to boost the immune system, Alpha-hydroxy acids from bilberry, maple,

orange, and lemon which help slough off dead skin (and prevent fine

lines and wrinkles), and Matrixl which helps rebuild deteriorating

collagen (and reduces deep wrinkles by 68% over a six month period).

 

Trienelle is available through Aspen Benefits Group, 7950 Meadowlark Way

#E, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815, phone: 877.432.7891.

 

 

 

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