Why sunscreens are dangerous.

Dear Michelle,

I'm happy to hear that your home-made mixture of coconut, almond, and sesame oils, protected your skin
on your trip to Florida. Everything else aside, your
skin must have smelled delciious!

In addition to those three oils, I use sunflower oil, as well as jojoba. But I always put coconut oil on my
face. And at the end of the day (about 20 minutes from now), I massage coconut oil into my old feet. Talk about a blissful feeling! My feet are in ecstasy when
I gently rub in that healing oil, and thank them for
carrying me around yet one more day.

If you still have any cannisters of sunscreen, Michelle, (and Rick, who began this thread), I suggest
you throw them away. Sunscreen does more harm than
good, and here's why.

Our sun sends out two kinds of ultra-violet rays, known
as UVA and UVB. The UVB rays are more abundant in the
mid-day sun. They are the rays that are associated with
sunburn.

So when the first sunscreen manufacturers created
products, they were mainly concerned with blocking out
UVB rays. Back then, it was thought that UVA rays were
harmless.

All sunscreens have an SPF number on them; anywhere
from 10 to 30 or so. SPF stands for Sun Protection
Factor. Here's an example of how it's supposed to work: Let's say that you, Michelle, normally begin getting sunburned after 30 minutes of direct sunshine.
If you massage your skin with a sunscreen that has,
say, an SPF of 10, the theory is that you will be able
to stay outside 10 TIMES longer than your original 30
minutes: a total of 5 hours without getting burned.

That's the theory! The idea is that the ingredients in
the sunscreen will block out all those harmful UVB rays. And perhaps they will, if you add liberal amounts
of the creme whenever your skin begins to dry.

The problem, however, is that NOTHING is blocking the
UVA rays. And today we know that UVA radiation is directly linked to melanoma, the worst kind of skin
cancer, as well as sun-induced skin aging.

If you stay out for 30 minutes, Michelle, without a
sunscreen, you may get a bit red. But you won't be
absorbing really harmful amounts of either UVB or UVA
radiation. However, if you use that SPF 10 sunscreen,
you're exposing your skin to 10 times the amount of
UVA radiation that it can normally handle. You won't
feel it, because the UVA doesn't burn. It just goes
deep into your skin, and causes major problems.

Sunscreens first appeared in America during the 1950s.
Between 1950 and 1990, death rates in the USA from
melanoma, a merciless skin cancer, doubled in women
and tripled in men. People thought they were safe,
so they stayed out in the sun for WAY too long.
The UVA radiation unknowingly accumulated in their skin, and eventually caused cancerous lesions. The
luckier ones avoided melanoma, but found that their
skin had become dry and wrinkled and dead-looking.
Florida, my home, is full of old people who look
like snakes trying to shed their skins. It's all that
UVA radiation they absorbed over the decades.

So stay away from suncreens. Some of the chemicals in
them have their own links to cancer. If you wouldn't
put it in your mouth, then don't put it on your skin.

I suggest you continue to use natural organic oils
on your skin. I also strongly suggest you do NOT spend
all day in the sun, no matter WHAT you're putting on
your skin. Yes, get an hour or two of sun. Then cover
up with a broad-brimmed hat, and a shirt that's made
to reflect UVA & UVB radiation. I buy my sun-protection
clothing from Solumbra (www.sunprecautions.com). When
I go for a long walk on the beach tomorrow, my big
Solumbra hat will go with me. I'll absorb the healing,
life-giving radiance of the sun for half my walk.
Then my big white hat goes on my head.

I hope, Michelle and Rick, that some of this information
is helpful to you. Don't forget to thank the Deva of
the Sun for her life-giving illumination! And don't
forget to tell your body to take in that radiance,
and use it to heal and harmonize and balance every cell
in your body.

Blessings,

Owen


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