Comments on: How to raise your SPF I.Q. this summer https://www.foundhealth.com/blog/how-to-raise-your-spf-i-q-this-summer/ The official blog of FoundHealth. Wed, 04 Mar 2020 06:35:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike R https://www.foundhealth.com/blog/how-to-raise-your-spf-i-q-this-summer/#comment-192 Mike R Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:52:55 +0000 http://www.foundhealth.com/blog/?p=215#comment-192 Good article. I have just a couple of comments. 1) Some stuides have shown that sun exposure is actually negatively correlated to melanoma. My interpretation of this is that it's not sun exposure which is the problem, it's acute overexposure. Ie getting small amounts of sun is actually very good for you bc it's the most efficient way for your body to produce vit d. But getting sunburned is very bad for you, and what I believe leads to skin cancer. 2) You have to be careful about which sunscreens to use. Some of them have nasty chemicals that may be FDA approved, but I def wouldn't want on my skin, absorbing into my body. Infrequent use probably makes it ok. But for frequent use, I always advocate natural sunscreens. Good article. I have just a couple of comments.

1) Some stuides have shown that sun exposure is actually negatively correlated to melanoma. My interpretation of this is that it’s not sun exposure which is the problem, it’s acute overexposure. Ie getting small amounts of sun is actually very good for you bc it’s the most efficient way for your body to produce vit d. But getting sunburned is very bad for you, and what I believe leads to skin cancer.

2) You have to be careful about which sunscreens to use. Some of them have nasty chemicals that may be FDA approved, but I def wouldn’t want on my skin, absorbing into my body. Infrequent use probably makes it ok. But for frequent use, I always advocate natural sunscreens.

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