| Are you going on a well deserved holiday? Are you | | | | drastically lowers that production. Vitamin C is highly |
| looking forward to the sun and rest from hard work? | | | | protective against cancer is also lowers the risk of |
| I am going to give you three tips that make your | | | | peripheral arterial disease and heart disease. |
| sun exposure safer. | | | | Traditionally low vitamin D is associated with bone |
| However the first thing to know is that the sun is | | | | disease like rickets, osteomyelitis and osteoporosis |
| not the problem. Only the burning is. And also there is | | | | Sunshine is good for you, but pace your exposure |
| misinformation about sun protection. The problem | | | | especially if you come from a sun deprived situation, |
| with a sun tan lotion, whatever it's sun factor | | | | like people working inside buildings or coming from a |
| protection, is that most people do not use the | | | | mostly cloudy country like England. Allow your body |
| recommend quantity and the chemicals that provide | | | | to adapt and remember Noel Coward's song - only |
| protection can potentially irritate the skin and irritated | | | | mad dogs and English men go out in the midday sun. |
| skin is more prone to sun damage. | | | | Prepare yourself! Here are my 3 tips: |
| Unfortunately, the higher the sun protection factor | | | | 1. Age related macular degeneration is caused by |
| the more chemicals the lotion will contain and some | | | | oxidation of the eyes rods and cones. Skin |
| of these chemicals are estrogen mimicus. Several | | | | degeneration is caused by the oxidation of fats inside |
| studies have indicated that skin cancer especially | | | | your skin cells. Therefore ingest more antioxidants |
| melanoma is fueled by estrogen. | | | | before and during sun exposure than means lots of |
| Used properly sun screens will prevent sunburn yet | | | | raw vegetables, fruits and the greater the variety of |
| evidence of protection against most skin cancers is | | | | colors, the greater the chances of getting a broad |
| inconclusive so they may deal with the cosmetic skin | | | | spectrum protection |
| stuff (stopping your skin getting as red as a tomato) | | | | The chance of getting ultraviolet induced skin cancer |
| but they will not deliver health protection (stopping | | | | is much less when you keep to low fat diet when |
| your skin getting skin cancer). | | | | fats are some 21% of calorie intake. Talking about |
| Dr. Mark Birch-Machin, a skin cancer expert at Cancer | | | | fats, bottled polyunsaturated oils such an cornflower |
| Research UK, said the findings backed up other | | | | and safflower oil, which are both Omega 6, are the |
| studies. He told BBC News Online: "The message | | | | strongest promoters of skin cancer where as olive oil |
| from this study is that sunscreens do not provide | | | | and unpolluted fish oils which are Omega 3 may |
| total protection against skin cancer. They are just | | | | actually help. |
| part of a toolkit." | | | | 2. Keep yourself hydrated. water is a coolant for |
| "You shouldn't assume that just because you're | | | | your body and for your skin and in the sun you need |
| wearing sunscreen you're completely protected," said | | | | much more than 1.5 litters/day. |
| a spokeswoman. | | | | 3. On the beaches in the Caribbean you can get your |
| More, between 65-90% of vitamin D is generated by | | | | back rubbed with chunk of aloe vera to sooth the |
| your skin's exposure to UVB. Using sunscreen | | | | pain of sunburn. |