tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post3746765979974667089..comments2024-03-07T12:27:37.632+02:00Comments on Food & Family: Sun SafeKithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-75219541106031267262012-08-29T01:04:05.930+02:002012-08-29T01:04:05.930+02:00Dude... megasunscreen user, here. With English, S...Dude... megasunscreen user, here. With English, Scottish, and Irish ancestors, I'm practially see-through!<br /><br />Come to my place and check out the latest place I wore sunscreen!<br /><br />WOO HOOOOOO!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-82787483723615309322012-08-28T21:46:38.181+02:002012-08-28T21:46:38.181+02:00I've never used sunscreen in my life but then ...I've never used sunscreen in my life but then living on Merseyside there's not a great deal of it around. :-0 Seriously, I think a sensible approach like you have outlined (only using screen for the beach, seeking physical ones rather than chemical ones and allowing some Vitamin D absorbtion, etc) is the way to go. <br /><br />I didn't know about the eyes. I wonder if ordinary glasses (I've worn seriously thick lenses all day every day nearly all my life) reduce the benefical effects of the sun or if its only shaded ones. Sounds like more research is definitely necessary.<br /><br />A really interesting post, Kit, thanks. Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-39649390013337251202012-08-28T14:42:32.652+02:002012-08-28T14:42:32.652+02:00I have always been a sun-lover and am lucky to hav...I have always been a sun-lover and am lucky to have a fairly olive skin that tans easily. But yes, I do wear sunscreen, if only on my decolletage which is seriously not improved by yet more sun (although I think the damage is largely done there...). Hard to get enough sun here in the UK in the winter months - I miss S Africa and its free, year-round supply!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325204219395014329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-52026098357054908202012-08-27T16:42:34.112+02:002012-08-27T16:42:34.112+02:00Interesting about the Vitamin D pills, Meredith. I...Interesting about the Vitamin D pills, Meredith. I guess if you protect yourself too much from the sun that is what you have to do - pay for an artificial version of what you could get for free!<br /><br />Jennifer, I agree about bad burns causing the long term damage. The articles were recommending building up a natural tan slowly and gradually without risking bad sunburns.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-22289075797479493082012-08-27T14:12:03.138+02:002012-08-27T14:12:03.138+02:00I fear the sun, but hate sunscreen. I usually just...I fear the sun, but hate sunscreen. I usually just cover up or seek shade, using sunscreen only for all-day outdoor times. Same on my kids.<br /><br />The girls are half Costa Rican, of course, so they may have a greater natural resistance even though they look quite fair. I don't think they've ever really had bad sunburns like I did (we all did) from time to time growing up. <br /><br />I remember hearing at one point that it was those bad burns that had the worst long-term impact, although that was years and years ago and the thinking may have changed by now (I didn't read the articles).Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16453489879246452921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-61590160623579516482012-08-27T13:25:52.760+02:002012-08-27T13:25:52.760+02:00I don't usually use sunscreen unless I have to...I don't usually use sunscreen unless I have to be out in full sun during the "bad" hours of noon to 4pm. I had people in the states ask me which vitamin D pill I took? I take the sun pill :) An early morning walk a day with my dog, hanging clothes out to dry in the sun, walking to the bakery...voilĂ , that's how I get my vitamin D.deedeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278468497564430383noreply@blogger.com