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You know the sun makes vitamin D. Did you know that it does so in just minutes? After a few minutes of sun, your skin stops making vitamin D. After a few minutes of sun, your skin starts making skin cancer. Lying out at the beach or the pool for hours this summer will do far more damage than . . . → Read More: Dermdoc Drills Down Vitamin D in High Def!
Just what you needed: another mixed message about your health. The top health story this Memorial Weekend was sunscreens might cause skin cancer. The story originated from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit organization that “protect(s) the most vulnerable… from health problems attributed to a wide array of toxic contaminants.” EWG announced their list of best and . . . → Read More: Sunscreens Cause Skin Cancer? What?! I made this video while at the Lance Armstrong Foundation Headquarters in Austin, TX to help people understand why tanning is an unsafe way to get your vitamin D. Your skin needs UVB to make vitamin D.
You know that the sun increases the risk of skin cancer for most people. You probably don’t know that for some people, the sun is the source of a terrible itchy rash — they’re allergic to the sun. The radiation from the sun triggers some response in everyone’s skin. In some, . . . → Read More: Can You Be Allergic To the Sun? |
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