Quote: (09-02-2013 10:19 PM)basilransom Wrote:
Quote: (09-02-2013 10:09 PM)freewheeler Wrote:
I've read some anecdotes from people in the 'paleosphere' who mention that after going paleo and eating much more saturated fat and what not, they tend to not burn and have an increased tolerance to sun exposure. Might be something to look into.
Color me skeptical. If you're a typical white in the US, you have far less melanin than the native Americans who adapted to the level of sun exposure here. There were no Swedish paleface cavemen living in the Congo in Paleolithic times.
I do not want to get into any argument, here; however, it seems that fear of the sun has certainly been over-played by mainstream media, medicine, insurance companies, food industry and sunscreen manufacturers, and Freewheeler makes a good point about going natural to the extent feasible.
An additional good link for Freewheeler's point would be the one below.
http://everydaypaleo.com/natural-sun-pro...nside-out/
@basilransom - I think that we probably could agree that people in northern regions of the globe are lighter-skinned than people from the mid-latitudes, and that seems to mean that lighter-skinned people do not need to be in the sun as long in order to get the benefits from the sun (maybe an hour is sufficient). Oh yeah, I am kind of assuming that the science supports that there are benefits in getting into the sun several hours a week, and sometimes, mainstream media and some sources do not concede that there are benefits in being in the sun for several hours a week, if possible, and I am not clear about where you come out on this benefits question?
Certainly, your point about lighter-skinned people needing to take additional precautions from the sun may be warranted, especially when dealing with long-term sun exposure - like several hours a day (though I fear some of that may be over-hype by drug companies et al); however, I would not rely upon what chemical and lotion marketers are telling me to put that stuff on my body.
IMHO - I think diet and other paleo suggestions, as described in the above linked materials (and referred to in Freewheeler's links), would be much more useful than putting very much credibility into what the lotion manufacturers are telling us to be afraid of...
Certainly, people need to come to their own conclusion and comfort about these kinds of things concerning what they want to believe and what sources upon which they find to be more credible than not... and we all only have so many hours in a day to conduct our own research.
By the way, here is another good link (that is linked to in the above link) that describes some ingredients for making your own more natural sunscreen.
http://wellnessmama.com/2558/natural-hom...en-recipe/