Did you wear your sunscreen today?

 
Did you wear your sunscreen today? Nahhh...
Some of us may have always been taught that you need sunlight for your body to make vitamin D, because vitamin D is not found naturally in most foods. Though many foods today are fortified with vitamin D during the manufacturing process I still believe that a sizable degree of sun exposure without getting burnt is required to enable our body to produce the adequate amount of vitamin D to avoid all the danger associated with vitamin D deficiency. Considering most people this days are vitamin D deficient and the lack of vitamin D has been linked to diseases like skin cancer and problems during pregnancy including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, premature labour and more.
My approach to this is to get adequate sun exposure when possible, since most of us don't work outside these days, and just throwing on a large cap and a big shirt isn't often enough sometimes, the need for sunscreens cannot be denied. Most sunscreens in bottles contain toxic ingredients or endocrine disrupting chemicals that in many cases may actually promote skin cancer growth and free radical production in the body. In fact, in the years since sunscreen use began, skin cancer rates have actually risen. That's why I do not hesitate to go organically natural always, thank goodness nature came fully packaged and there is no ingredient or recipes that can't be found in an organic state.


  The individual ingredients that are naturally SPF are:

• Almond Oil- SPF around 5
• Coconut Oil- SPF 4-6
• Zinc Oxide SPF 2-20
• Red Raspberry Seed Oil SPF 25-50
• Carrot Seed Oil –  SPF 35-40
• Shea Butter – SPF 4-6

The final version will have a varied sun protective ability depending on the amount of each ingredient used.

The importance of wearing  a sun screen cannot be over emphasized, people always find reasons why they don't wear their sunscreen maybe because they were oblivious of some facts,  few factors listed below could bring you a little spur so you never forget your sunscreen on a sunny day.

1. The ozone layer is depleting and your body needs shielding from harmful rays.

2. Skin cancer rates are on the rise and sunscreen has been proven to decrease the development of skin cancer.

3. It helps to prevent facial dark spots and skin discolorations.

4. It also helps to reduce the appearance of facial red veins and blotchiness.

5. It slows down the development of wrinkled, premature aging skin.

 Apply your sun screen always. xo!