Listen to most dermatologists and you’ll wonder how so many generations of humanity, who spent most of their time outdoors, managed to survive. Surely all that sun must have caused skin cancers galore, and should have wiped out the species. Except it didn’t. Maybe the dermatologists are giving the sun a bad rap. From A Midwestern Doctor at midwesterndoctor.com:
The forgotten side of skin health and the necessity of sunlight
Story at a Glance:
•Skin cancers are by far the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, so to prevent them, the public is constantly told to avoid the sun. However, while the relatively benign skin cancers are caused by sun exposure, the ones responsible for most skin cancer deaths are due to a lack of sunlight.
•This is unfortunate because sunlight is arguably the most important nutrient for the human body, as avoiding it doubles one’s rate of dying and significantly increases their risk of cancer.
•A strong case can be made that this dynamic was a result of the dermatology profession (with the help of a top PR firm) rebranding themselves to skin cancer fighters, something which allowed them to become one of the highest paying medical specialities in existence. Unfortunately, despite the billions that is put into fighting it each year, there has been no substantial change in the number of skin cancer deaths.
•In this article, we will also discuss the dangers of the conventional skin cancer treatments, the most effective ways for treating and preventing skin cancer, and some of the best strategies for having a healthy and nourishing relationship with the sun.
Note: in February’s open thread, I presented some potential articles, and since this topic was one of the most requested, I have spent the last month working on it.
Ever since I was a little child something seemed off about the fact everyone would get hysterical about how I needed to avoid sunlight and always wear sunscreen whenever we had an outdoor activity—so to the best of my ability I just didn’t comply. As I got older, I started to notice that beyond the sun feeling really good, anytime I was in the sun, the veins under my skin that were exposed to the sun would dilate, which I took as a sign the body craved sunlight and wanted it to draw into the circulation. Later still, I learned a pioneering researcher found significant alternations would occur in the health of people who wore glasses that blocked specific light spectrums (e.g., most glass blocks UV light) from entering the most transparent part of the body that could be treated by giving them specialized glasses which did not block that spectrum from entering.
Simple lotion and a head covering with whatever sunglasses from the gas station or dollar circus, the cheaper the better in a ZZ Top style, that way you don’t mind if you drop them in the ocean or step on them after a few adult beverages.
Once ignored this on a trip with a ferry to an island and it almost ruined the trip with a bad sunburn.
After getting a cataract out at an early age due to a TBI the optometrist had to tell me to stop wearing the post procedure glasses because I thought they were cool and love those memes of the path of totality can be used to watch Brandon burn down the world for Karl.
McHealthcarez lost all credibility with the COV-LARP and DEI incompetents and we are on our own.
More of that my everlasting curses will burn down the world from comrade Karl.