Sunlight and your Health
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A certain amount of sunlight on your skin may be necessary for good health.
Sunlight activates a gene called pom-C, which in turn helps create melanin that determines skin color
and enhances sex drive, the endorphins or “happiness hormones”, and leptin, which helps burn fat and keep you thin.
In the USA, people who have high sunlight exposure (farmers, mail carriers) live the longest.
The key is to find methods to receive adequate sunlight exposure while reducing skin damage.
Before suntanning apply Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion as a thin coating prior to suntanning.
A small amount of water may be used to help spread the cream. This is a skin regenerating cream with
titanium dioxide and high levels of anti-oxidants.
The Skin Biology Approach to Sensible Suntanning:
1. Before suntanning apply Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion as a thin coating prior to suntanning.
A small amount of water may be used to help spread the cream. This is a skin regenerating cream with titanium
dioxide and high levels of anti-oxidants.
2. After suntanning, re-apply P&R Suntanning Lotion or P&R Body Lotion. THIS IS CRITICAL -
USE COPPER PEPTIDE SKIN REGENERATING CREAMS BEFORE AND AFTER SUNTANNING.
3. If you have a tendency to sunburn or plan an extended time in the sun, use a reflective sunscreen such as
zinc oxide or titanium dioxide. One acceptable sunblocker is Clinique's SPF-25 Special Defense Sunblock which
is chemical sunscreen-free.
4. Moderate suntanning ( 30 minutes maximum per day ) over a number of days produces the best results.
Suntanning slowly produces pigment (melanin) in the skin. It takes about three days to induce significant
melanin in your skin. Melanin blocks ultraviolet rays and also serves as a powerful anti-oxidant. In addition,
the skin's natural defenses against oxygen radicals include other anti-oxidants such as Vitamin E and beta-carotene,
and the copper-containing protein, superoxide dismutase, all of which de-toxify oxygen radicals and reduce skin
damage.
5. Suntanning also thickens the skin and this provides further protection against sun burns but this thickening
takes about three weeks. So again, go slow!
6. Remember, excessive sun exposure can overwhelm the protective systems
in the skin, causing skin damage that produces skin peeling and other types
of damage.
6. High quality sunglasses that absorb ultraviolet rays should be worn for eye protection.
7. "Inside-Outside" Sun Protection
Inside-Out Sun Protection:
If you tend to sunburn or plan an extended time in sunlight, take anti-oxidant supplements.
Studies have found that both the topical application of anti-oxidants and the ingestion of
supplemental anti-oxidants reduce sun damage.
The following supplements have been recommended by skin researchers.
(Source: Drug and Cosmetic Industry, September 1997, pages 52-55 and December 1997, pages 40-44.
Dosage per day
Beta-carotene 30 mg
Mixed carotenoids from algae 50 mgs Contains crytoxanthin alpha carotene, leutin and xanthin
Natural vitamin E 400 Units Contains d-alpha-tocopherol, d-beta-tocopherol, d-gamma tocopherol, d-delta tocopherol
Vitamin C 1 gram
You can tan, but protect your skin from damage!
Protect & Restore Sun Tanning Lotion and Protect & Restore Body Lotion Basic are formulated to supply anti-oxidants
to help reduce free radical damage while suntanning and to help your skin quickly repair any sun-induced
skin damage after suntanning. Protect & Restore Suntanning Lotion is a scientifically designed sun care
product for safer, better suntanning with less sun damage and less skin peeling. It may be used for outdoor
suntanning or when using indoor tanning booths.
Protect & Restore Body Lotion is designed to assist post-tanning skin repair and reduce peeling.
Safer, Faster Suntanning with Less Peeling
Also, for your skin - Calypso's Oil - a moisturizing body oil available with
pheromone-like ingredients to help improve attractiveness to others.
Protect & Restore Day Cover on the Sunscreens page
is designed to provide sun protection during normal daily activities without
dangerous chemical sunscreens.
Skin Biology's products contain no sunscreen chemicals.
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