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Sunscreen Accelerates Cancer and Blocks Vitamin D Generation

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Myth 1: The sun causes cancer.
The sun has never ever been linked to solely causing skin cancer. This myth was brought forward by the sunscreen industry, dermatologists and the cancer industry. (Note: Cancer industry is a very big industry, hence why they don’t reveal the cure and use all donation money for other things)

So if I don’t use sunscreen then what?
Your skin may burn. I say may because not everyone’s skin will burn. It depends on the health and type of your skin as well as how long you are in the sun. If you are deficient in antioxidants and vitamin B, you are much more likely to get a sun burn as your skin is not healthy enough to take in the UV rays properly. Those with darker skin are able to have their skin act as a built in sunscreen which means they will have a much harder time getting burnt.

Most Favorable Option
Get your body well maintained with proper high quality nutrients, specifically vitamin B and antioxidants. Most diets contain eating a lot of acidic foods, fried-meats, heavy dairy products, fast foods and acidic pop. This is a perfect reason as to why many people will get burned in the sun. Their diets don’t contain healthy foods and their skin isn’t nutrient dense enough. Use ONLY mineral based sunscreens when absolutely necessary.

Least Favorable Option
Using sunscreen all the time. Sunscreen blocks your bodies ability to generate any vitamin D through chemical process assisted by the sun. This is why sunscreen should not be used every time you go out. Not only does it have a lot of chemicals in it, but it can make you vitamin deficient. There are easy natural ways of protecting your skin, why use chemicals that cause cancer and make you vitamin deficient? Try things like spending more time in the shade, wearing breathable cotton shirts and clothing, or even a hat. Mineral based sunscreens are a great last resort when you will need to be out in the sun for a while. They can be bought at health food stores.

Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a very important nutrient to have proper amounts of in your body as it is responsible for the decrease on 4 out of 5 cancers of every kind as well as many other diseases when levels are properly maintained in the body.

Sunscreen Accelerates Cancer

Research released by the Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based nonprofit, claims that nearly half of the 500 most popular sunscreen products may actually increase the speed at which malignant cancer cells develop. The main reason? They contain vitamin A and its derivatives, retinol and retinyl palmitate.

This isn’t a huge shock to the filed however. The FDA has known about the dangers of vitamin A in sunscreens since ordering a study 10 years ago. Unfortunately, they have done little about the results and haven’t said much to the public.

“Retinyl palmitate was selected by (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition for photo-toxicity and photocarcinogenicity testing based on the increasingly widespread use of this compound in cosmetic retail products for use on sun-exposed skin,” said an October 2000 report by the National Toxicology Program.

Even mainstream media is aware of the risks as AOL news reports other issues with sunscreens:

  • The use of the hormone-disrupting chemical oxybenzone, which penetrates the skin and enters the bloodstream.
  • Overstated claims about performance.
  • The lack of needed regulations and oversight by the Food and Drug Administration.

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has reportedly “infuriated cancer experts” by describing sunscreen as “poison”.

According to the Daily Mail Bundchen refuses to use it on herself or her family because of the chemicals they contain.

“[Bundchen] made the comments at the launch of her own organic skin care range, which presumably doesn’t include sun care lotions.”

Bundchen is also controversial on a few other issues, regardless of being the highest paid supermodel in the world. She also has stated that it should be against the law for healthy mothers to give their baby infant formula full of sugar, and often soy.

Sources:

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-sunscreen-vitamin-d-deficiency.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/032815_sunscreen_chemicals.html

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Joe Martino

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66 comments on “Sunscreen Accelerates Cancer and Blocks Vitamin D Generation”

  1. Joey

    We have a great website here. This article is spot on. Just ask your body how it feels about certain things and listen to the answers.

    The tricky part might be to put yourselves in the shoes of others. It must be the case that a part of me wishes to brutally (think of the horror involved with chemo) mass murder millions of people with a slow sunscreen induced death. Cancer is a billion dollar industry, and my ego-self loves money and creating separation so that I may feel safer because I feel afraid that I am going to die.

    As an ego, I want only to kill everything that is a threat to me… and since I live in fear, everything is a threat.

    As I step beyond my ego and my fears – who needs them anyway right? – I’m finding that the world can be a lot more peaceful and can flow with energy, I can knowingly create my reality bubble.

    I also wanted to note some of the commenter’s on the site that seem to be upset with the idea that they are responsible for everything. Its not just a collective, its YOU. There are many many collectives and some are dark and others are light.

    We are in between the polarity. I am.

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  2. Luke McTaggart

    This reticle is loaded with garbage. I live in Australia, we have the worlds highest rate of skin cancer. Why? Because we get a shitload of sun here, and we’re basically all white Europeans.. Within a beach culture. By your reasoning china or England would have similar rates, but no, they aren’t exposed to the sun (in relation to it’s proximity to the equator) half as much as we are. During the summer solstice some parts of Australia are closer to the sun than Indonesian countries. And the I suppose you would bring up the argument that we also wear more sunscreen than other countries. But skin cancer rates in Australia have been declining since the use of more effective sunscreens. These articles are generally really biased and seem to be widely presumptuous based on small sets of data and citation. It’s disappointing really.
    Sorry if that seems harsh guys I know you’re trying.

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    • kim

      Thank u Luke…I agree

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      • Nick Thomas

        @Kim “Thank u Luke …I agree.” What research did you do to agree with Luke?…Did you know that the Worldwide stats on skin cancers put Australia 10th yes 10th in the list of death from skin cancer.
        Ask yourself this. How much programming have you had from the media and corporations in your lives telling you to wear sun screen? Have you noted that each year that tube of factor x gets smaller and the price gets bigger. We are all being suckered!
        The highest incidences of skin cancer have occured in countries where the use of chemical sunscreens containing benzophenone and oxybenzone have been promoted the most.
        Think and do some research before you pontificate people…..wake up!

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        • Susan

          Funny, I never wore sunscreen and I got melanoma.

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          • soosie dodd

            Susan,

            If you read the article again you will see that it is not just a case of not using sunscreen but also feeding your body the right nutrients & antioxidants so that your skin is healthy & can protect itself. I am fair skinned & have burned & used sun screens for many years, but over the last year or so I have been following a raw animal free diet, cutting out all processed flours, dairy & sugars – consuming fruit, vegetables & seeds/nuts/legumes & I promise you that my skin no longer burns & my colour has changed from a white, blotchy to a wonderful & healthy golden……. I also do alot of excercise, drink plenty of water & breathe well, hydrating & oxygenating my cells well. This has made me realise that it is what we do & all the toxins we put in & on our bodies that is causing the trouble….. I no longer lie out for hours to get a tan, I don’t need to, so I avoid the strongest sunlight hours using shade or clothing – I just use common sense now & I am healthier than most people I know!! I no longer have to take medicines, I no longer get headaches, colds, aches & pains or cold soresI am sorry that you have been ill but if you investigate on line & check out the Gerson Therapy for example you will see!! We live in a world ruled by greed & those in power need us to be dependant & sick so that we consume all the products they need to sell us……….. from over processed, nutrient lacking foods to pharmaceuticals to treat all the symptoms caused by our consumer oriented lifestyle. Wishing you health & happiness & frredom from all the fears that we are fed daily via Doctors, TV, press & mindset of the general public.

        • Jennifer

          http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/types/skin/incidence/uk-skin-cancer-incidence-statistics#world

          These statistics show that Australia has the world’s highest incidence of skin cancer. perhaps it has a lower rate of death by skin cancer because it has very active and thorough public health campaigns about skin cancer and a good public and universal health program. Skin cancers found and treated early have a very good cure rate.

          Saying that rate of sunburn is relative to health of skin is pure nonsense. People with whiter skin burn more easily due to a lack of melanin. Melanin offers protection from the sun’s rays.

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          • soosie dodd

            Jennifer,

            I just put this comment to Susan:

            If you read the article again you will see that it is not just a case of not using sunscreen but also feeding your body the right nutrients & antioxidants so that your skin is healthy & can protect itself. I am fair skinned & have burned & used sun screens for many years, but over the last year or so I have been following a raw animal free diet, cutting out all processed flours, dairy & sugars – consuming fruit, vegetables & seeds/nuts/legumes & I promise you that my skin no longer burns & my colour has changed from a white, blotchy to a wonderful & healthy golden……. I also do alot of excercise, drink plenty of water & breathe well, hydrating & oxygenating my cells well. This has made me realise that it is what we do & all the toxins we put in & on our bodies that is causing the trouble….. I no longer lie out for hours to get a tan, I don’t need to, so I avoid the strongest sunlight hours using shade or clothing – I just use common sense now & I am healthier than most people I know!! I no longer have to take medicines, I no longer get headaches, colds, aches & pains or cold soresI am sorry that you have been ill but if you investigate on line & check out the Gerson Therapy for example you will see!! We live in a world ruled by greed & those in power need us to be dependant & sick so that we consume all the products they need to sell us……….. from over processed, nutrient lacking foods to pharmaceuticals to treat all the symptoms caused by our consumer oriented lifestyle. Wishing you health & happiness & frredom from all the fears that we are fed daily via Doctors, TV, press & mindset of the general public.

    • Lisa

      What proof do you have that rates of skin cancer decreased upon Sunscreen use? Or maybe its the Better, Holistic health improved in people over the last few years that made them better in fighting off the disease. More and more people are becoming aware of what nutrients they consume from their food or supplements; that would assist the antioxidents and vitamins in helping to fight off cancer.
      Im Against using sunscreen. Im European, and not needing to use sunscreen. I travelled often to countries in Singapore and Panama in their hot/summer times. Near the Equator and did not need to use protection on my skin. I do eat very healthy; i am a Vegan and feel I get Alot of antioxidents/nutrients and vitamins from food and supplements. Those that do need sunscreen, there are many brands Organicly formulated for use. Without all the crazy chemicals. Our skin is the Biggest pore we have..taking in all things we Put on it.

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      • vera

        I live in Australia and have very white skin. Here I burn, but travelling to Thailand near the equator, and in Europe I never needed sunscreen…never burned there at all, even spending hours in the sun in the middle of the day. Here we are much closer to the ozone hole than you guys, and that is a known fact. New Zealand is even closer than we are and while I lived there I really had to be even more careful. Did you know that in New Zealand in Summer they actually have estimated ‘burn time’ as part of the evening weather report since the UV index is so high. It is often less than 10 minutes. So Lisa, try coming to Australia and New Zealand and see how long you last in Summer without burning. I think you might find yourself in for a very rude shock if you do

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        • Pfarthing6

          The sun down under is waaaaay different than any other place I’ve been, far more intense, and totally easy to burn. You’re right, folks who haven’t experienced it don’t understand it.

          But, there’s more ways to deal with that then just sunblock. A long shirt, a wide brimmed hat, etc.

          The other thing is, you guys get a lot more UV too. UV is what is associated with causing skin cancer, not just any old sunlight. And there’s different kinds of UV and the skin can tolerate different levels of UV.

          Unfortunately, though well meaning and perhaps thought provoking, just isn’t technical enough to be of much value to people. More like it’s simplistic overtures are all too misleading.

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        • Bevan

          I agree with Vera, the rest of you are all idiots.Yes sunscreen is full of chemicals which is bad, yes sunscreen deprives you of vitamin D.But can all you north american , head up your own ass idiots start looking at the rest of the globe in relation to this. Yes in New Zealand in summer as a part of our weather report we give a burn time due to the ozone hole, usually between 7-15 mins.
          Sunscreen or not we lose, due to the environment caused by your countries pollution.
          Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
          I have lived in Canada, and in the UK for many years and have not needed sun protection and have not burnt my skin at all.
          Moved home to New Zealand and got burnt in the first 10 mins. Badly!
          Its to the point that at the highest peak of the summer when the ozone hole is at its worst , you contemplate not being outside between 12 pm – 3 pm on sunny days just to avoid sunburn.
          Chemicals or not some of us in the world don’t have a choice.
          WAKE UP!!

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    • Marie

      I wonder how many of you white Europeans use sunscreen….. er maybe that’s why Australia has the worlds highest incidence of skin cancer…… because you all use sunscreen???

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    • Marianna Medvedzova

      It’s good to question everything you read Luke. And you make lots of valid points. This is not only about the chemicals used in the sunscreens, it’s also about what you put inside your body that gets into your skin.The foods we eat nowadays are full of unnatural additives, preservatives and toxins, The cosmetics we put on our skin gets absorbed into our blood stream and one needs a pharmaceutical degree to understand what’s in the ingredients. I would definitely not call this garbage and this is not suggesting for you to just go and lay on the sun all day. It’s important how you translate correctly what is said above.
      Open your mind and use your common sense…Who can gain/loose from this information being true..Joe or Big Pharma, Cancer related institutions, cosmetics industry…? Is skin cancer really in decline in Australia, who published the results and what are the quoted reasons in the decline…who says it, who can profit from it (is it the three industries I just named earlier.. or some independent institutions). You and I can agree on one thing I hope…it’s all about money and companies would do anything to get the moneys from us. Just ask yourself a few more questions, do a bit more research before you make a radical conclusion..

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    • Bill

      I used to burn even though I used sunscreen. Now I don’t use sunscreen much and don’t burn at all. Instead I tan. Why? I gave up industrial vegetable and seed oils and replaced it with virgin coconut oil, unrefined red palm oil and grass-fed beef lard. I gave up sugar. I gave up grains. I normalized Vitamin D levels with a supplement. I take Astaxanthin and Omega 3 supplements. I eat grass-fed beef in moderate portions. Sure, I will put a bit of sunscreen on around the eyes, nose and ears when I am going to be exposed for a long time. The sun certainly weathers the skins but I am not slavish to using sunscreen like I used to be nor need I be. Is sun exposure linked to skin cancer. Sure. But it isn’t the whole story.

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    • Simone Fougère

      What about the possibility that the cause of a melanomas, is a nuclear radioactive particulate in the air ? One small toxic particle lands on our skin and reacts with the sun and our skin. Thousands of nuclear detonations have taken place across the world, in the past near on 70 years, and we are clouded in the stuff. This never gets discussed.

      Do you also know what is in sunscreen ? Have you looked at the ingredient list ? Do you know about heavy metals and nano particles ? Who is presenting the figures on skin cancer ? Who owns the sunscreen companies ? And the media ?

      What about an idea that we are placed on this planet fully equipped, an incredible machine that needs only the cleanest of fuel, that the planet naturally provides, with a sun that fuels the planet, and also ourselves. Would that be logical, being that we seem to have found ourselves within a system (nature) that seems to run amazingly smoothly, until we get in the way. Have you ever heard of sun gazing ?

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    • jack

      ba ba ba really you have no idea you people should leave this planet and live on the moon and may be you mighten get brain washed so much

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  3. sonia franco

    You know guys ….lecture yourselves ……

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  4. Jakob Altman

    So me being a very pale red head, what am I supposed to do to go out into the sun in a place like Colorado. Which is where the sun is extremely strong because of the elevation, thin atmosphere due to dry climate. Do I just not go outside? I start to burn after 20 min of being in the sun. Anyone have any ideas? Solutions? This article said that sunscreen is bad for you but didn’t give a lot of alternatives besides ingesting more vitamins and antioxidants, please enlighten me.

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    • kaylyn Valentine

      You red heads have to wear long sleeves and hats… it healthier. Also Vitamin E and B complex with paba will help stop burning. My daughter did this all summer long at an outside job building trails in the mountains… She’s very proud of her “Goth” white skin and she kept it in a record hot summer.

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    • Nicole Robinson

      I ‘m a red head too…I live in Australia and burn very easily. I make my own natural sunscreen, it’s fantastic and very safe without all the nasty chemicals in it.

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      • saige

        Would you please share your recipe for natural sunscreen?

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    • Ted

      In full summer sun you shouldn’t be in it for longer than 20 minutes. The best sun to expose your skin to is early in the morning, a half hour is all you need. Wear a hat and long sleeves the rest of the day, or go to a health food store and buy a natural sunscreen without all the nasties. Yes it will cost you more, but which is more important, a fat wallet and some flashy things or your health?

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    • john bates

      cover up with light loose clothing. It’s what we all did before sunscreens were invented. We didn’t all die of cancer (yet)

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  5. Jakob Altman

    The sun does not love me like its darker children, there is some abuse in this family based on skin color.

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  6. Aklesha Morrison

    Jakob, there are healthy alternative sunscreens available. Just google them and you can use them with confidence.

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  7. Aklesha Morrison

    also the figures given out by the “authorities” are fudged to show whatever figures they want. Drug companies have been caught out fudgeing figures before, do you trust drug companies and corporations that make billions out of us or people that only have our health at heart?

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  8. Walt

    The most common since approach is to do what the natives do.(before they were westernized) Look at place s that receive a lot of sun: Almost everywhere they where long pants and shirts and a large hat for shade and the people are almost always darker skinned too. I mexico and central america, they wear long pants and shirts and big sombreros. In Vietnam and China, same thing but with a more conical hat. In the middle east, people completely protect them selves from the sun with robes and turbins, etc. The only time people wear shorts in these countries is to play soccer. Laying out on the beach or “sunbathing” is stupid.

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    • Kristin Overton

      In addition to this (which I totally agree with) think about the way that we have populated the planet. Those ethnicities in hotter climates, closer to the equator generally have darker skin. That’s evolution. For the individual who mentioned the fair skinned people of Australia… those people aren’t originally from Australia! The aboriginals of that country (with darker skin) are. Most of the people populating North America are immigrants from Europe (a peek at a map will reveal that rainy England for example is further north than the U.S.).

      Couple this with the fact that people travel for pleasure to warm destinations much more than ever (my Caucasian self is going to Hawaii next month!). Visiting a place where one’s skin is not acclimatized to being so much closer to the equator (evolution doesn’t happen overnight), and sure you’re going to get a sunburn. Which hurts. And slathering on something that aids that problem in the immediate? What’s that about our instant gratification society? With no concern for the future…

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  9. johnny frechette

    The article is worth reading more than once if this is a new area of contemplation. Dr. Mercola cites the contents of the body as a prime component of the Sun’s reception. The Sun is no longer obvious as our life source when we invest our cells with acids~ this is the part of Joe’s note to us that is fresh to me.I have heard that being drunk in the Sun increases the likelyhood of burning, and apparently that isn’t much different than acids from sodas, and processed foods. The Sun is offering us deep penetrating rays of vitamin D production in our juicy organs. The deliberate and mindful exposure to this process is exceedingly corrective.Being in the Sun is our pay. Don’t wait to have money to place yourself in the Sun. Coconut oil it rated about a 15 and will make you feel and look like a willionaire: new word for the situation. A willionaire is free.

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  10. loloma

    synchronicity… today i decided not to put on sunscreen then got home and found this article… last summer I wore a popular zinc sunscreen and found that my skin was getting more pigmentation marks than I have accumulated over my previous 50 years… I got another brand but today my bod said no so I just put my hat on

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  11. jamiewon

    Sometimes I wonder if people realize that the skin works alot like the liver to keep us healthy and free from toxicity.

    Did you know that when the skin is working optimally it eliminates upto 2 kgs of material per day? We’re a civilization that believes putting some soap on our bodies is actually cleaning us. To some degree this is true, but most of the time soaps have chemicals for smell and other qualities that are actually carcinogenic.

    Your skin is comprised of upto 7 layers of dermis and epidermis which if we want to function in the highest capacity to keep us toxin free than we need to give it a little more attention.

    Most people don’t realize that yeast, parasites, bacteria, fungus and petrochemical get clogged up in our skin. The skin is naturally an acidic environment which can become breeding grounds for things that would downright scare the crap out of you if you could see it.

    So what’s the solution? Well for this all we need to do is look back afew thousand years to the ancient Egyptians (known for their cleanliness and personal hygiene above all cultures) even the Greeks with their advancements and public bathing etc were dumbfounded at how clean and neat the Egyptians were.

    So what did they do? Well originally grains were distilled to make alcohol to clean the skin! Yes “vodka” essentially was invented to clean wounds and open up and clean the largest organ of the body “the skin”. They would mix this alcohol with what we today call “bicarb soda” into a putty consistency and they would scrub the skin all over their bodies to kill all the acidic bacteria etc and to open the skin so it could function optimally.

    I have been sharing this of many processes for the last 5 years to thousands of people. Most of them can’t believe how amazing their skin feels and looks after just afew sessions of this. Not to mention when going in the sun your body has the ability to make more Vit D and tends to tan easier and not burn. By simply adding coconut oil I have found many ozzies and others have been able to go out for hours in direct sun without burning.

    A good friend of mine on the Gold Coast Michael brown (red head & fair skin) would easily burn every time he went into the sun. He started this process religiously and now can go out for hours and has a great tan.

    This is important because petro chemicals in sunscreen actually cause skin cancer. And the more people that get skin cancer the more people use sunscreen it’s a nasty cycle.

    So imagine how much your liver and kidneys and other organs will love you if your skin is eliminating the brunt of the toxicity that gets into our bodies from these modern times.

    So what do i do? Well you used to have to pay $2,000 and come to one of my weekend courses to find out. But here it is for Free!!

    Buy the cheapest bottle of triple distiller VODKA and some aluminium free BI-CARB SODA mix the 2 in a Jar with a lid till its a putty consistency. Have it next to you the next time you shower. Get I a me rinse off. Then turn off the shower and scrub your entire body with this putty (I use a scrub brush or a loofah) I scrub head face arms legs everywhere. You might even get an it h in certain spots. I recommend focusing more on those spots and when your done scrubbing. Get back into the shower and rinse off. That’s it. Then I recommend getting into the sun for 20-45 min. Depending on how much sun you can handle at first. The just build up from there. Sun or no your skin will be loving how open and clean it is. Cleaner than it has been in years. This will take the workload off your other organs and keep you healthy and beautiful!!

    Thanks for reading this post. If ya like it be sure to share with your friends and I will keep these kinds of posts coming. Cheers :0)

    Tyler Tolman TT

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    • Lou

      Hey Ty, this actually makes sense and I’m planning to do this but can you first provide me with more info/links about the egyptians alcohol use please?

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    • ismeedee

      This is the best information so far. You even included us red heads who burn within 15 mins of sun exposure and have cited actual experience of a method that works. Well what will people be thinking when I, the teetotaller, purchase a bottle of vodka?

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  12. Nena

    Might be useful ;) http://www.amazingoliveoil.com/olive-oil-sun-protection.html

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  13. C P Fitzsimons (@CPFitzsimons)

    Please have a look at the books on this issue published by dermatologists and vitamin D experts such as Dr. Soram Khalsa and Dr. Michael Holick. They essentially recommend a short period of time in the sun (10-15 mins) without sunscreen so that your body can produce the vitamin D it needs and that you use sunscreen only after that time (or better still spend time in the shade). This is a very interesting and important issue and it pays to do some proper research and look at the scientific studies being conducted rather than jumping to conclusions like ‘don’t use sunscreen’ and equally ‘don’t go in the sun ever’!

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  14. C P Fitzsimons (@CPFitzsimons)

    Here are the links to some useful sites- http://vitamindhealth.org/ and http://www.vitamindrevolution.com/

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  15. Mrk

    @jamiewon. You mention coconut oil. Do u add this to the paste and use in shower too? If so how much do u use? Thank you for your recipe

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  16. Liana

    Noone’s mentioned Asthaxanthin here. It allows you to spend time in the sun without burning and does lots of other wonderful antioxidant things too. But you have to use it consistently.
    Gillian

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  17. jackie

    I am of age to know that skin cancer is a generational thing, meaning this generation, I never saw skin cancer till then, as a kid growing up, mosy elderly were born in the late 1800′s and NOONE had skin cancer…they worked in the fields with hats and long shirts, little girls were taught to stay in side and sew,long dresses and bonnets covered them,little boys were long pants…clothing style changed in the 50′s and 60′s…little girls can do what ever boys do. play outside!! I agree sunscreen s very un healthy…I use it on rare occasions..so maybe the sun does cause it..and we are seeing it this generation as we expose more skin to burn..choose coverup clothes, not sunscreen!

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  19. Saba Katra

    The sun on its own doesn’t cause the cancer. It is the chemicals that have been dumped into the sunscreen and the sun is simply used as a trigger, if anything. I just cannot see how the sun is causing this when generations ago, they didn’t have sunscreen and they were fine. Have you ever thought that this could be happening the way it is because of all the CRAP we are exposed to these days? Look at how many of us are destroying our bodies with junk foods and GMOs. The chemtrail laden skies, the vaccines we are taking that have countless chemical n heavy metal shit in them. We are slowly being poisoned to death! Notice as well that some reports have been saying that certain fruits or vegetables can cause cancer? I dunno if you have but I sure have and its absolute BS! If they do, it is because of what the fruit/veg has been exposed to while being grown! chemicals and pesticides in the soil and lack of the natural nutrients in the soil cannot be good news for us when we ingest them. Be aware of such things, it is no myth, no conspiracy. Do the research and you will find it.

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  20. rev

    Simply little and often would be my advice when it comes to sun exposure and dont be fooled by that antioxidant snake oil shiznitz.

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  21. Joel Ellis Brown

    Sorry…but the whole bit about not getting burned if you have “healthy” skin is utter crap. I eat a fantastically healthy diet, but I”m a redhead…if I’m out in the sun for more than 20 minutes, I burn. If I don’t wear sunscreen I burn badly. And the sun DOES cause skin cancer. The only reason that people from long ago didn’t get it as often is because they wore clothes that covered their bodies. This is the reason I’m always careful to wear a wide-brimmed hat when I’m out in the summertime. This is a very dangerous article.

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    • vera

      hear, hear. I have black hair, but my skin is almost as fair as some redheads I’ve met. I too wear long sleeves and hat as often as possible, but sometimes it’s just too hot to cover up that much and I need some sunscreen. The sun doesn’t cause cancer? Tell that to my mum who never wore any sunscreen her whole life (they didn’t have it back then). She has never eaten pre-packaged/ fast foods. Always growing her own to a large degree. So she eats healthy, wears no sunscreen but still has pre-cancerous skin cells? ummm ok, so much for that theory.

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  22. Deborah

    my father was diagnosed with skin cancer from years of being in the sun in Vietnam and working in the yard, going to the beach, etc. he never wore sunscreen a day in his life…didn’t like the way it made his skin feel….I watched as the doctor dug down to the bone with his scalpel all over his face….literally to the bone…food for thought…

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  23. Deborah

    I posted a comment similar to the one above on this same article last week or so….It seems to have been removed.

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  24. James

    People! Don’t be so stupid. Of course the sun can give you cancer.

    The sun gives of electromagnetic radiation from radiowaves to gamma waves including infrared radiation (heat) and visible light.
    The high energy radiowaves which include X-ray’s to Gamma rays, can, over time do irreparable damage at the cellular level of your body that create cancers.

    “Ionizing radiation is high-frequency radiation that has enough energy to remove an electron from (ionize) an atom or molecule. Ionizing radiation has enough energy to damage the DNA in cells, which in turn may lead to cancer. Gamma rays, x-rays, some high-energy UV rays, and some sub-atomic particles such as alpha particles and protons are forms of ionizing radiation.”

    Be sensible, please…. Wear sun screen if you’re ever in Australia and particularly New Zealand (where I’m from) due to us having the least Ozone over us, second only to Antarctica.
    You will burn, in summer, on average, after 20 minutes.

    Please be smart, and be safe.

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  25. luke

    Majority of Vitamin D is absorbed through your eyes and not your skin… hence why so many are vitamin D deficient because they wear sunglasses all day long. Obviously sun screen wont help also. Its a matter of moderating the exposure you have to the sun and slowly build up tolerance…obviously wear appropriate clothing and try to absorb the suns UV at an appropriate time of day such as the morn etc and avoid the sun in large doses during the peak period of the day. Our indigenous counterparts didnt sunbake, this is an introduced thing.

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  26. Rob

    This article is absolute garbage.

    Does anyone care to explain the does anyone care to explain the MASSIVE instance of skin cancers and melanoma in those who grew-up in the 40s, 50s and 60s who spent years in the sun and DIDN’T use sunscreen?

    Spend some time in here in Australia and you’ll learn a bit about what sun exposure can do to you.

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  27. alba

    I only know what I’ve personally experienced….for years my mother always said I’d better use lots of sunscreen because I’m so fair-skinned, so I did…lots of it and in the highest number I could find….and I always burned to a crisp with a super painful burn. She’d blame me for not re-applying, but I always made sure to re-apply.
    The past 2 years I have used absolutely zero sunscreen and have not had any painful burns…gotten a bit red, but it would be a nice tan the next day (and minimal peeling only followed weeks later.) This is including several multi-day music festivals where we were outside all day for 3 or 4 days in a row. I’ll never use sunscreen again.

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  28. Jessica Ruggiero

    I for one no longer put chemicals on my skin and I am cautious about overexposure to the sun. My personal solution is to use a natural/chemical free sunscreen such as shea butter and meadowfoam oil & then during the middle of the day, when the suns rays are at their strongest, I make sure to cover up with a hat and other spf rated clothing or find relief in the shade. I live in the Sierra Nevada where our higher elevations and thinner air increase UV intensity. As an avid lover of year around outdoor recreation, I find myself outside from sun-up to sun-down for days on end and cannot remember the last time I had got a sunburn using these simple steps. But then again I fuel my body with nutritious foods, think nothing processed or packaged. Even something as seemingly harmless as gatorade has become intolerable.

    Thank you CE for bring attention to an important matter.

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  30. Erskien Lenier

    What all these “sun causes cancer” reactionaries are a missing is the fact that if your diet is not a natural human diet of living, raw fruits, greens and veggies and none of the cooked crap, your not getting the nutrients needed for the skin to properly adapt to what ever it needs to adapt to. Broken foods create broken people with broken bodys. Whole foods create whole people with whole bodys that are more than capable of adapting. It’s time to stop projecting outwards and start looking inwards for the truth.

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    • Mrk

      Great comment Erskien. I have been trying to move to raw foods for the health of my family and I. The problem I am having however is try to find meals that appeal to my partner any our three and half year old girl who are not as open to new things as I am. Was wondering if u or anyone reading this have the same trouble and have any resources you could share where I can get recipes and such. I have a food dehydrator and a few recipes using that but do not like running it too much for power and fire risks. Any help would be great, my fiancé is 23 weeks so would like to start this shift in eating to give our little one the best start in life. Thank you

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  31. Marie

    Increasing chemical sunscreen use is scientifically linked not only to greater risk of chemical carcinogenesis (chemically induced cancer – higher SPF’s = more chemical ingredients = increased likelihood of carcinogenicity) (and allergic reactions – Archives of Dermatology, Nov. 1992)], but also directly to increased more serious basal cell carcinoma and especially deadly malignant melanoma (Annals of Epidemiology, Jan. 1993), due to criminally misleading photo-dynamics propaganda by so-called university and medical “experts”, who in spite of knowing that SPF’s relate only to UV-B (burning & superficial cancer) and minimally, if at all to UV-A (ageing & deep cancers), still falsely promote these as enabling prolonged safe exposure as a multiple of the Sun Protection Factor (SPF) and also exaggerate the pitiful protection potential of such products against skin cancers generally.

    In reality these sunscreen promoting pseudo-experts are actually irresponsibly encouraging severely increased and imbalanced deadly UV-A exposure, which they should know significantly comprises more than 90% of the total UV spectrum and which excessive exposure only such mal-applied chemical cocktails render not only possible, but also probable by artificially delaying the natural inflammatory erythematous (reddening) warning signals which would otherwise alert one to the fact that one’s evolutionary/ethnic/medical tolerance level for solar exposure was being exceeded (Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Jan. 1994). SPFs represent false security.

    A maximally achievable chemical UV-A sunscreen, in spite of the “broad spectrum” promotional hype, would only have an extrapolated SPF of about 4, which would in any event be comparable to a light tan, which tan significantly, in terms of UV-B protection, would amount to as much as 75% of the only 5-10% of the UV spectrum comprised of UV-B and the remaining 25% of which, if not screened, would contribute important biological protective factors, since it photo-activates vitamin D precursors having anti-tumor effects, which if blocked by sunscreen, could allow UV-A induced deadly melanoma to develop more readily (Medical Chronicle, Jun. 1993). UV-B also excites cells into producing immuno-alerting interleukins and even mild UV-B induced sunburn flaking is a critical protective response whereby UV genetically damaged cells commit suicide (apoptosis) and are safely sloughed-off (Nature, Dec. 22, 1994). UV-B damage is generally superficial and self-heals, UV-A is the opposite.

    UV-B sunscreen protection does not imply immuno-protection (Dermatology, Mar. 1993) and since the activation of melanocytes by UV-A alone takes considerably longer and exerts greater direct immuo-suppressive effects (Photochemistry and Photobiology, Feb. 1993), the longer exposures needed to develop a healthy & protective tan pose about the same cancer risk for superficial cancers and five times that for deeper cancers, since what is vulnerable to carcinogenic transformation is not the surface skin but the proliferating cells below (Health Physics, Oct. 1994). UV-B exposure is needed to trigger biological cancer protection pathways against UV-A exposure.

    Sunburn protection does not imply skin cancer protection and yet industries and organisations reliant on cancer for their prosperity, including medical and cancer associations, perpetuate the lie of cancer protection from sunscreen use, despite the absence of evidence for this position (New England Journal of Medicine, Oct. 1993) and considerable evidence to the contrary, namely that increased skin cancers are associated with increased chemical sunscreen use (Garland C, et al, American Journal of Public Health, 82(4): 614, 1992), (Wolf P, et al, Journal of the National cancer Institute, 86(2): 99, 1994), (Autier P, et al, International Journal of Cancer, 61(6): 749, 1995), (Sabri K & Harvey I, Public Health, 110(6): 347, 1996), (Autier P, et al Melanoma Research, 7(S2): S115, 1997), (Davenport V, et al, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 108(8): 859, 1997). SPF rated products decrease superficial UV-B burning, but clearly increases the risk of developing deadly UV-A induced skin cancers.

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  32. fuh que

    This entire website is a joke.

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  33. Mrk

    Goodbye then. Although we will miss your intelligent opinion and constructive criticism on this and other matters discussed on this site.

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  34. João A

    I don’t use industrialized sun screen (or a wide variety of cosmetics and crap) because I don’t think they’re healthy for you, due to abundance of chemicals in the ingredients. However, in summer, I don’t go skinny dipping in the Sun between 10:30am and 5:30pm. I am from Portugal, and in summer time sitting outside on the sun, it can get extremely hot. And yeap, the sun will burn the crap out of your skin if you’re not properly protected. Oh, and my African friends, although in a minor scale, also feel the sun’s burning power! So basically, sun screen may be crap, and you shouldn’t use it but, summer sun is no joke an UV radiation will damage your skin, period! My top tip, avoid high sun hours when radiation is at its strongest. if you have to be out during these hours, wear nice light protective clothe (light colours preferably and long sleeves), a hat and good quality sun glasses. I personally think that the increasing number of skin cancer can be related with the increasing “sun and fun beach life style”, which was non existent prior to the XX century. Now this life style can lead us both ways. Beach = sunscreen, therefore cancer. Or beach = sun exposure therefore cancer. Make your pick!

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  35. Carol

    As an Australian immigrant from England I need to use sunscreen or cover up, I usually use a zinc cream on my face every day.
    The comments from other Aussies on this page are spot on- no pun intended..
    With the hole in the ozone layer affecting Australia the uv rays are much stronger here. I spent some time in the U.S. (Texas) in summer and didn’t burn at all.
    Go to any major hospital here and you will see elderly Australians who didn’t use any sunscreen in their youth with pieces of face,ears,nose ,etc missing because they didn’t know to cover up.
    I agree the products do contain chemicals thet may cause problems. But the rate of cancer here has dropped considerably since the ” slip slop slap” campaigns began.
    The answer needs to be to provide healthier proven alternatives to some of the chemicals or cover up. I will stick to Zinc cream.

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  37. Marisa

    Just to remind that we can still use natural sunscreen and protect ourselves in the most dangerous hours.

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  38. Barry Anderson

    “I knew this for a long time now from Natural News and it is time that people started to wake up and be more proactive with their health instead of waiting around to get sick and to buy into all the marketing lies and hype from the sunscreen industry that really is the pharmaceutical industry in disguise. ” Please Empower Your Self WIth the Truth and share this message so that you can help others . It really is the right thing to do . Chef Barry

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  39. michelle

    What are the natural remedies for sun exposures for individuals with albinism?

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  40. Efatuate (@Efatuate)

    I really appreciate collective evolution and the many informative things you share. But this article misses the bigger picture and completely bypasses serious cancer concerns in an very irresponsible way. Skin cancers can be directly progressed by uva and uvb rays! Therefore, sunscreen would seem to offer protection from skin cancer and Melanomas, which are the most deadly form of skin cancer. IF SUNSCREENS are poison containing and or potentially carcinogenic, we ALL need to be searching for sunscreen alternatives that are safe and non-toxic. The answer is certainly not going bare, as does “Giselle”. If we all did that, we would be taking a step backward in the face of hard-earned scientific research and fact. The sun CAN progress skin cancer. There are smart people reading this. Don’t be foolish. Could sunscreen be bad news? Certainly. So let’s keep the smart train going and come up with something safe.

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