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According to a June 2014 article featured in
The Independent (UK), a major study conducted by researchers at the Karolinska
Institute in Sweden found that
women who avoid sunbathing during the
summer are twice as likely to die as those who sunbathe every day.
The epidemiological study followed 30,000 women for over 20 years and
“showed that mortality was about double in women who avoided sun
exposure compared to the highest exposure group.”
Researchers concluded that the conventional dogma, which advises
avoiding the sun at all costs and slathering on sunscreen to minimize
sun exposure, is doing more harm than actual good.
That’s because overall sun avoidance combined with wearing sunscreen
effectively blocks the body’s ability to produce vitamin D3 from the
sun’s UVB rays, which is by far the best form of vitamin D.
In the USA, vitamin D deficiency is at epidemic levels. Ironically,
vitamin D deficiency can lead to aggressive forms of skin cancer. A
ground-breaking 2011 study published in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that optimal blood levels of vitamin D offers protection against sunburn and skin cancer.
Additionally, vitamin D protects the body from diseases like multiple
sclerosis, rickets (in the young),
tuberculosis, inflammatory bowel
disease, type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid
arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren’s syndrome.
According to the Vitamin D Council, researchers at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham recently reported that “lack of sun exposure may
lead to cognitive decline over time.”
A Dermatologist Who’s Not Afraid to Sit on the Beach”:
Bernard Ackerman, MD, (deceased 2008) was one of the world’s foremost
authorities on the subject of skin cancer and the sun, sunscreens and
melanoma skin cancer risks.
Below are Ackerman’s views excerpted from an article in
The New York Times (July 20, 2004), titled “I BEG TO DIFFER; A Dermatologist Who’s Not Afraid to Sit on the Beach”:
The link between melanoma and
sun
exposure (dermatology’s dogma) is unproven.There’s no conclusive
evidence that sunburns lead to cancer.There is no real proof that
sunscreens protect against melanoma.There’s no proof that increased
exposure to the sun increases the risk of melanoma.
A
2000 Swedish study concluded that higher rates of melanoma occurred in those who used sunscreen versus those who did not.
Sunscreens: Cancer-Causing Biohazards
Elizabeth Plourde, PhD, is a California-based scientist who authored the book
Sunscreens – Biohazard: Treat as Hazardous Waste, which extensively documents the serious life-threatening dangers of
sunscreens not only to people but to the environment as well.
Dr. Plourde provides proof that malignant melanoma and all other skin
cancers increased significantly with ubiquitous sunscreen use over a
30-year period. She emphasizes that
many sunscreens contain chemicals
that are known carcinogens and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC).
Dr. Plourde’s research on mice and
sunscreen exposure also showed increases in both pup and maternal mortality as well as reproductive issues in subsequent generations.
Additionally, the book documents how sunscreen chemicals have
polluted our water sources including oceans, rivers and municipal
drinking water. Worse yet,
testing revealed that 97% of Americans have
sunscreen chemicals in their blood!
Dr. Plourde’s book also has a chapter on the importance of vitamin D3
to health, and she posits that the widespread vitamin D3 deficiency is
linked to overuse of sunscreen combined with sun avoidance in general.