Centuries ago, when Vikings and other European seafarers took to the high seas for years at a time, they pioneered new trade routes and they mostly died of skin cancer. What? Native American Indians, living mostly outdoors, also mostly died of skin cancer. What?You never heard that? Right. Because it didnt happen. Here are a few things that really did happen: In the 1980s, dermatologists began warning about the dangers of sunlight. Their advertisements were heavily funded by the cosmetics and sun screen industry. In the 1980s the current triple childhood epidemics of asthma, diabetes, and autism quietly began. Rates of cancer and other chronic illnesses began to escalate. In 1989, the American Medical Associations Council on Scientific Affairs warned about the dangers of sun-exposure, advising mothers and children to stay out of the sun as much as possible. In 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics warned mothers to always keep infants out of direct sunlight, use sun-protective clothes, sun block, and make sure childrens activities in general minimize sunlight exposure. In 2000, it was documented that rickets – vitamin D deficiency – is making a comeback in American children who drink less milk and more juice and sodas.[1] Today, we have escalating rates of cancer and chronic disease. Many say hiding from the suns rays, and living with the subsequent low levels of vitamin D, was one of the tickets to that train wreck. (I encourage everyone to read the entire linked article, as it discusses much more than skin cancer...I found it a good read) arizonaadvancedmedicine/articles/skin_cancer.html
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:13:31 +0000
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