Not a big fan of suntan lotion for 2 reasons. The first is that you want to have UV light impact your skin to convert the cholesterol in the skin cells to vitamin D3. A large percentage of population is deficient in Vitamin D, which means, overall, weaker support for your immune system (Vitamin D is critical for the immune system) as well as poor absorption of calcium and therefore weaker bones.

The second reason is that whatever you put on your skin gets absorbed through the skin. Your skin is basically highly porous. In effect, whatever you lather on your skin, you will ultimately be ingesting through the skin. And this happens without the protection provided by the intestines with regard to the food that you actually eat, i.e., the protective barrier incasing the small intestines because when you lather a substance on the skin, it penetrates right into the blood vessels — no protective barrier. All those crazy chemicals in the suntan lotion — no doubt many of them toxic — are going right into your blood vessels, through the porous skin.

So the issue with sunshine is how much is the right amount, and how much turns into a risk for skin cancer? There’s a healthy amount and an unhealthy amount. Figure that out, and skip the toxic suntan lotion.

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