What does
make sense are all those prescriptions that warn you to stay out of the sun
because they will cause excessive sunburning. Hmmmm...well, what about all
those chemicals in cosmetics? Lotions? Moisturizers? Hair products? What about
the chemicals in our food? We start using chemicals on our bodies as babies.
Slather on some baby lotion and dust the kid with baby powder, besides the soaps
and shampoos. Smelling like a baby has positive connotations for many, unless,
of course, you are chemically sensitive.
By the time we are adults our skin is massively polluted with
sunburn-causing chemicals. But it's
sunshine that is blamed for bad health? I venture to think it's not the sun
that's the problem, it's the chemical saturation of our skin. Sunshine is getting a bad rap.
To save
yourself from the evil that is sunshine, we are told we must use sunscreen.
Sunscreen with a very high chemical, I mean, protection rating. SPF? Skin Poisoning Factor? I used to slather
sunscreen on non-stop, layer upon layer, for fear of OMG! sun exposure. I am a redhead with blonde eyelashes and
eyebrows. If anyone should be afraid of the sun, it's me. Someone is making a
lot of money with the fear propaganda used to scare us into buying sunscreen.
No sunshine allowed. No wonder everyone is deficient in vitamin D!
Since
becoming chemically sensitive and giving up chemical-laden beauty products, I
no longer get sunburned. I have gone to
outdoor festivals for hours at a time, no sunscreen, no hat, no sunburn. I
garden for hours with no sunscreen, no hat, no sunburn. Last summer like a
self-absorbed teenager I even laid out in my backyard with no sunscreen, no
hat, no sunburn. If it's the sun, then why don't I burn now? Ponder, ponder,
ponder....
Sun gives us
light and vitamin D, nurtures plant growth, and warms the Earth. It is our
friend.
