Handling The Sun And Sunburn Naturally

It is an indisputable fact that there are many millions of people all over the world who are avowed sun lovers. These are people who take every opportunity to strip off to get the sun on their back. In some ways, this is a very good thing. However, there are dangers associated with being out in the sunshine, which is why you need to learn about handling the sun and sunburn naturally before exposing yourself.

The first thing to say is that there are very sound scientific reasons why you do need to get the sun on your skin from time to time.

This is all to do with the fact that in order for your body to function correctly (specifically in relation to processing calcium properly), you need vitamin D. The only way you can get this is by getting out in the sunshine as it is the ultraviolet light from the sun that converts otherwise inert substances in your skin into vitamin D.

This particular vitamin also has some effect on your mood and all-round mental well-being which is the reason why some people suffer a specific form of depression in the depths of winter when there is no sunlight available.

In short, sunlight is absolutely essential for continued good health.

At the same time however, there can be no denying that there are significant dangers associated with being in the sun too much or too long.

At a basic level, most pale skinned people who are not regularly exposed to the sunshine are highly susceptible to burning, what is generally known as sunburn.

The degree of burn that an individual is likely to suffer will depend on a wide variety of factors such as skin pigmentation, geographical location (which dictates how strong the ultraviolet rays of the sun are), time spent outdoors and so on.

However, it is a fact that most of us who are not natives of places where eight hours a day of sunshine is an accepted fact of daily life, the risk of suffering sunburn is quite high.

This is why most people who are not used to exposing their skin to the sun will use sun protection products such as creams, lotions or sprays, or perhaps even a stronger protection product such as sun block.

Before doing so however, you should make sure that you carefully examine the ingredients of any commercially produced product that you are thinking of using as a surprisingly large amount of household name sun protection products contain potentially harmful chemicals.

Furthermore, research indicates that whilst freshly applied sun protection products do provide a higher level of defense against the worst effects of potentially harmful ultraviolet light, they may increasingly raise the risk level the longer they are left on the skin.

There are fortunately many natural things you can do which will decrease the risk of suffering sunburn or other even worse effects such as skin cancer.

The first thing is to stay in the shade for a significant part of the day if you choose to be outside, particularly when the sun is at its hottest.

Secondly, you can increase the amount of antioxidant foods that you include in your diet as this is believed to help protect your skin as well.

Thirdly, either choose a natural sun protection product or make your own at home using widely available (and relatively cheap) ingredients such as olive oil.

Handling the sun and sunburn naturally is not particularly difficult as long as you apply a good degree of common sense to preventing the problems occurring in the first place.

Over the past few years, I would hazard a guess that most of us have become aware that sunbathing is not the harmless, benign pastime that we perhaps thought it was in more naive times.

As the medical professions have made us increasingly conscious of the facts associated with exposure or overexposure to the sun, we have all become more enlightened about the dangers that ultraviolet light represents.

Nevertheless, for many millions of people all over the world, an integral part of any real holiday is 'lying on the beach to soak up the rays' and I don't know many people who would be willing to spend their vacation sitting in a darkened room in the interests of maintaining 100% sun-safety.

Consequently, it is absolutely essential that any individual who is a confirmed sun lover must be aware of the facts about both the good and the bad things that the sun can do. This is why if you are someone who worships the sun, you should get your hands on your copy of an excellent new e-book called 'Handling the sun and sunburn naturally' right away.

As the title clearly suggests, the book is designed to do two things.

The first objective is to make sure that you are armed with the facts about the good and the bad things that can happen as a result of exposure to the ultraviolet rays of the sun. This section of the book is very important because if you have been listening to some so-called experts over the past few years, you might imagine that you should never go out in the sunshine ever again.

However, this is simply not true, because if you do not get sufficient sunlight on your skin, you are unable to process vitamin D without which you will not be fully healthy, certainly on a physical level (this vitamin regulates calcium control for example), but also possibly on a mental level as well.

Being out in the sunshine from time to time is therefore absolutely essential for continued good health.

However, over exposure to ultraviolet light can be very harmful, causing conditions ranging from mild sunburn through more severe burns to sunstroke and ultimately skin cancer, which is one of the deadliest forms of cancer known to man.

The first step in this downward spiral of medical problems is to get burned, which is where the second part of this excellent book comes into its own.

For example, 'Handling the sun and sunburn naturally' highlights how making dietary changes will help boost your resistance to the worst effects of ultraviolet light to help prevent burning and help you recover more quickly.

The book also contains several home-made sun protection 'recipes' that you should use instead of commercially produced products because many commercial protection products containing potentially harmful chemicals, even those that are made for babies and children!

The bottom line is, if you like being out in the sunshine, you need to know what you are doing, and you need to deal with the sun's ultraviolet rays naturally if at all possible.

Armed with your own copy of 'Handling the sun and sunburn naturally', everything is possible