Herbs and Cures - sunscreens--help or hindrance?

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Herbs and Cures - sunscreens--help or hindrance?

Joseph Mar-22 8:05 pm

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I have always been keenly aware of the dangers of too much sun exposure,

especially during spring and summer, and have faithfully used a sunscreen with

SPF of at least 20. Then about a month ago, I read a book by Kevin Turdeau

titled " Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About " in which he makes a

convincing argument about how sunscreens actually INCREASE your chances of

sun-related disease. The dramatic rise in skin melonomas is, he argues, due to

the use of these " chemical " substances on skin rather than the increased

intensity of the sun due to erosion of the ozone layer and over-abundant sun

worship.

 

Do sunscreens actually help protect the skin? or are they only a pharmaceutical

hype to ploy us into using them under the guise of " safety? "

 

Thank you,

 

Joseph

 

 

JamesTheLoafer Mar-23 10:12 pm

 

Joseph,

Throughout the 1800's, the United States was a rural farming society and most

people spent large portions of their day outside in natural sunlight. During the

1920's, however, more people started living in cities, underneath electrical

lights. The American Academy of Dermatology formed in 1938, as skin cancers

started becoming prevalent. The logical conclusion is that avoiding natural

outdoor light--especially in favor of indoor electrical light--causes skin

cancer in humans.

 

You might be interested to know that Coppertone released the SPF system of

sunscreen lotions in 1972, and melanoma rates increased the very next year, in

1973, growing steadily during the subsequent decades. Those sunscreens of the

1970's typically blocked the UVB component of light--that is the component

responsible for photosynthesis of vitamin D in the skin. This indicates that

melanoma is a vitamin D deficiency disease of the skin, and that sunbathing is

actually beneficial for prevention of skin cancer.

 

james

 

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