To use or not to use that is the question! (sunscreen)

About three years ago a friend of mine told me that he didn't wear sunscreen because it is going to give him cancer and its better for you just not to wear it. I thought to myself well isn't that what is it made to prevent, skin cancer. So until now i didn't really put much thought into it because i just figured he didn't know what he was talking about; then this assignment came up and that was the first thing that i thought of "is it really true?" Well about 2 hours later after searching the internet dry i think i have come to a decision. From everything that i read there seems to be a few reasons why sunscreen could cause cancer.

One of these is that the ability of white pasty sunscreen to become transparent is called nanotechnology. This means that the sunscreen that you put on is a bunch of nanoparticals that enter deep into you skin and end up in your bloodstream. This can cause adverse effects and cause a list of health problems including some cancers.

Tne Second way that sunscreen works is it blocks the UVB rays which cause your skin to burn. This is where the trouble starts by blocking your skin from UVB you are not allowing your skin to absorb any vitamin B which is the single most important nutrient to stay healthy. Humans eat on average 10% of the vitamin B they need on a daily basis. Vitamin D helps prevent many chronic diseases such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, and heart disease.

So what do you do, one concern of mine is that the facts were a bit unclear. For one they never gave you percentages to back up their theories, which made me think how much research was really done to prove this. Second they never stated what would be a better choice, not wearing sunscreen and having a chance to get cancer or wearing it and still having a chance of getting cancer.

So hear are my thoughts, one you need vitamin D there is not getting around that, two i think it is safe to say that no one wants cancer. So here is my solution when going out in the sun just be out there for a hour or so and don't wear sunscreen, this way you aren't going to get burnt and you are still absorbing well needed vitamin D. If you are going to be out in the sun for a long period of time like at the beach wait to put it on, give your skin some time to absorb the sun then put it on to prevent sunburn. The bottom line is that it''s a double edged sword and you wont win, but hopefully with what i have told you, you can make a well informed choice.