As a kid growing up on the Adriatic coast I can share a technique we all used - start with short exposure to sun to build up the tan slowly. The more tanned you got, the longer you could stay in the sun. It isn’t because we had special Mediterranean skin in comparison to more Nordic types who, as tourists regularly turned into blistered red wonders. My father had blue eyes and fair skin and never burned using the above technique. He built up wonderful bronze tan every summer.
Since the mass fear campaign about the sun exposure started, we’ve had major reduction of vitamin D levels in population with a steady rise of all other, more dangerous cancers than most skin cancers. Since Vitamin D is created in skin I can only guess it plays a major role in skin protection. Because of this, I would build up my Vitamin D levels early in the season before major exposure to sun. Take 50,000 IU per day for a few days. That ought to prepare you well.
Speaking of my father, he always covered his skin with a copious amount of cold pressed olive oil. I’d be willing to bet olive oil does a better job protecting your skin than any of the industrial creams loaded with noxious chemicals. ;-)
Overall, exposure to sun is good for you, as long as you build up the tan slowly and don’t burn.
My childhood was a wee bit different: lots of indoor activities, little outdoor stuff in the sun.
Since moving to the countryside, I'm basically outside every day, all year long. I've not had a sunburn, let alone a cold since 2019. And I can't recall the last time I used sunscreen.
I read about suncreams too, about the chemicals in them not being good for us. I agree that people will stay out too long - mad dogs and English men! Some naturopaths say people should be exposed for 20 mins before using creams to allow body to make Vit D. People who live in hot countries avoid sun anyway, unlike those seeking warmer clime holidays. I read that Vit D was essential for keeping healthy and yet it is not measured routinely in UK at annual check ups, only cholestrol and liver seem to be checked. Dark skinned people in hospital with the respiratory illness, were all very low on Vit D, whether living in colder places or hot where they either avoided the sun altogether or wore long sleeves, etc. Interestingly, too, some skin cancers appear on head, shoulders, but many appear on parts of the body where the sun don't shine, soles of feet, groin area, too. Moderation, in all things, is my philosophy. The sun shining, summer or winter, improves my mood.
Should be easy to do an empirical study: moslem girls cover up even in Summer, and there are plenty of them in Germany.
So just check skin cancer numbers for below 25 years-of-age germans, arabs, turks, and negros and compare. Then any discrepancy between groups can be further investigated.
Even more interesting angle could be compare the same groups but only those 50+ years of age; reason being, any germans of that age will have received childhood vaccinations, but migrants won't.
So if the ratios of the younger cohorts match each other, but not match with the elders, well, we have another angle to consider.
Plus, we had the same alerts about skin cancer in the 1980s, but back then it was "the ozone hole" over Antartica that was the threat.
Oh, my, you'd need tons of 'ethics boards' to review the application to do such a study. I do agree, it would be interesting to do such a study, but I won't hold my breath here either. It won't happen, much like the big, randomised studies to figure out if 'vaccines' contribute, or cause, autism.
Sounds like my parents had the right idea! We were pale little german-irish kids living in the subtropics, and they were fanatical about lightweight long-sleeved shirts, and sun hats with a brim all the way around. And we couldn't play outside in the summer between 11am and 3pm. That part of the day was for whatever you could find to do indoors or on the porch: as a result we are aggressive and merciless players of card games.
One of the most delightful things I encountered while traveling: woke up at sunrise in Saigon, just off one of those broad French-style boulevards with the big trees and generous sidewalks. It was the noise that woke me: gentle popping and scuffling outside. Ambled out to look for coffee, and all up and down the street, there were people playing badminton-- little nets stretched across the sidewalks up and down both sides of the road.
They don't mess around with the hot parts of the day, there. That's naptime.
As a kid growing up on the Adriatic coast I can share a technique we all used - start with short exposure to sun to build up the tan slowly. The more tanned you got, the longer you could stay in the sun. It isn’t because we had special Mediterranean skin in comparison to more Nordic types who, as tourists regularly turned into blistered red wonders. My father had blue eyes and fair skin and never burned using the above technique. He built up wonderful bronze tan every summer.
Since the mass fear campaign about the sun exposure started, we’ve had major reduction of vitamin D levels in population with a steady rise of all other, more dangerous cancers than most skin cancers. Since Vitamin D is created in skin I can only guess it plays a major role in skin protection. Because of this, I would build up my Vitamin D levels early in the season before major exposure to sun. Take 50,000 IU per day for a few days. That ought to prepare you well.
Speaking of my father, he always covered his skin with a copious amount of cold pressed olive oil. I’d be willing to bet olive oil does a better job protecting your skin than any of the industrial creams loaded with noxious chemicals. ;-)
Overall, exposure to sun is good for you, as long as you build up the tan slowly and don’t burn.
Exactly.
My childhood was a wee bit different: lots of indoor activities, little outdoor stuff in the sun.
Since moving to the countryside, I'm basically outside every day, all year long. I've not had a sunburn, let alone a cold since 2019. And I can't recall the last time I used sunscreen.
I read about suncreams too, about the chemicals in them not being good for us. I agree that people will stay out too long - mad dogs and English men! Some naturopaths say people should be exposed for 20 mins before using creams to allow body to make Vit D. People who live in hot countries avoid sun anyway, unlike those seeking warmer clime holidays. I read that Vit D was essential for keeping healthy and yet it is not measured routinely in UK at annual check ups, only cholestrol and liver seem to be checked. Dark skinned people in hospital with the respiratory illness, were all very low on Vit D, whether living in colder places or hot where they either avoided the sun altogether or wore long sleeves, etc. Interestingly, too, some skin cancers appear on head, shoulders, but many appear on parts of the body where the sun don't shine, soles of feet, groin area, too. Moderation, in all things, is my philosophy. The sun shining, summer or winter, improves my mood.
No more comments are needed here. Common sense, much like Thomas Paine would have it.
Should be easy to do an empirical study: moslem girls cover up even in Summer, and there are plenty of them in Germany.
So just check skin cancer numbers for below 25 years-of-age germans, arabs, turks, and negros and compare. Then any discrepancy between groups can be further investigated.
Even more interesting angle could be compare the same groups but only those 50+ years of age; reason being, any germans of that age will have received childhood vaccinations, but migrants won't.
So if the ratios of the younger cohorts match each other, but not match with the elders, well, we have another angle to consider.
Plus, we had the same alerts about skin cancer in the 1980s, but back then it was "the ozone hole" over Antartica that was the threat.
In Sweden. Journalists be ever fools, it seems.
Oh, my, you'd need tons of 'ethics boards' to review the application to do such a study. I do agree, it would be interesting to do such a study, but I won't hold my breath here either. It won't happen, much like the big, randomised studies to figure out if 'vaccines' contribute, or cause, autism.
"If you have the data, or the ability to gather the data, but don't, that means you suspect the result you'll get and don't want confirmation."
Paraphrased, but that's the gist of what the statistics-and-analytics professor I had at uni when doing Staatswissenschaft said.
Exactly. That's what I just wrote about.
Sounds like my parents had the right idea! We were pale little german-irish kids living in the subtropics, and they were fanatical about lightweight long-sleeved shirts, and sun hats with a brim all the way around. And we couldn't play outside in the summer between 11am and 3pm. That part of the day was for whatever you could find to do indoors or on the porch: as a result we are aggressive and merciless players of card games.
Sounds about right, if you'd ask me.
Daylight saving time sees to it that people don't have enough time in the mornings for playing tennis or other sports before work.
One of the most delightful things I encountered while traveling: woke up at sunrise in Saigon, just off one of those broad French-style boulevards with the big trees and generous sidewalks. It was the noise that woke me: gentle popping and scuffling outside. Ambled out to look for coffee, and all up and down the street, there were people playing badminton-- little nets stretched across the sidewalks up and down both sides of the road.
They don't mess around with the hot parts of the day, there. That's naptime.
Sounds a bit like the Adriatic, as described by Martin Bassani above, eh?