Sin Cancer....no Such Thing As A Healthy Tan Apparently !

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-32579671

Another good reason why I don't sun-bathe ( additional to the awful sight of a 18 stone man stripping off on the beach, of course ! )

Be careful out there !

[mikey4444]

By the way, I have just noticed my typo in the thread....thank God sin doesn't cause cancer !

Or does it ......

[ummmm]

I don't like the sun/heat in the UK. Love it when abroad though. When we go abroad it's coastal and the winds keep you cool. Last holiday I had it was 32 degrees and I had to go buy a cardigan :-) Even the shop keeper looked at me like I was a fruit cake...

[jno]

here's a list of what might happen through lack of sunshine

https://www.sunsprite.com/blog/9-ways-a-lack-of-sun-is-killing-you/

This sugggests there is indeed such a thing as a healthy tan.

[mikey4444]

JNO...if I had the choice between believing the Dermatologist, or some organisation called "Team SunSprite" (?), I know who I would go with !

[jno]

fair enough, they have a sort of commercial interest (they sell gadgets that measure how much sun you're getting).

But there's plenty of sources of information about Vitamin D

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000344.htm

or SAD

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/seasonal-affective-disorder/Pages/Introduction.aspx

[mikey4444]

JNO.....Perhaps Sqad can come in at this point and enlighten us ! I am sure that you can get enough daylight to ward off SAD and Vitamin D, without running the risk of skin cancer.

[ummmm]

People aren't though, Mikey.

[-Talbot-]

I know nothing at all about skin cancer but I have always believed something along the lines of what sqad has posted.

[mikey4444]

Ummm...people aren't what ? Sorry, but I am missing your drift here.

[Chipchopper]

Growing up, I used to love being out in the sunshine but nowadays I tend to keep covered, due to some skin cancers I had to have removed from my face.

I like the old song "Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen" well thats good advice but its not exactly cheap to buy, having said that though, when you think about the possible consequences of going unprotected, its worth shelling out for.

[mikey4444]

Chip...you make perfect sense !

[ummmm]

Just on the BBC now. Caucasian people should aim to be in the sun for 20-30 unprotected a day. Darker skin types should aim for 40 mins.

Not sure I agree with that.