This weekend

Americans love to celebrate weekends at the beach or by the pool. If that’s your plan, I hope your day includes a dose of sunshine. However, I have an important message before you cover yourself in sunscreen. Don’t do it! If you’re shaking your head in disbelief, I get it… What I just said goes against everything you’ve heard for the last 40 years or so from doctors, dermatologists and the mainstream media. But I’ve been telling my patients for decades that covering themselves in commercial sunscreen is bad advice.   In fact, since the start of the media campaign to push sunscreen started, the rate of deadly melanoma cases has risen dramatically. If the numbers continue to increase at the current pace, over 100,000 new cases will be diagnosed by 2030.1 Commercial sun care products are dangerous for two reasons. First, they’re loaded with toxic chemicals that cause cancer.   One of the worst is an ingredient called benzophenone.  Look out for this one. When this chemical comes in contact with the sun, it actually increases your risk of skin cancer. Researchers at the University of California found that benzophenone boosts the production of free radicals in your skin by 64% after only 10 minutes in the sun.2 But there’s an even bigger reason to stop slathering sunscreen all over your body… It blocks your vitamin D production by a whopping 99%.3 If you’re a regular reader, you’ve heard me talk about vita...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news