After years of being told by experts to cover up when the sun is at it’s strongest leading charity Cancer Research UK are now expected to recommend that the current advice on sunbathing is “unnecessarily restrictive” and short exposure to the midday sun could be beneficial to your health.
Due to concern in recent years regarding skin cancer it appears that most people are no longer getting enough vitamin D. Although some foods contain vitamin D we get most of it from exposure to the sun. Vitamin D is vital for calcium absorption and bone health the vitamin could also reduce the chance of developing Alzheimer’s as well as controlling prostate cancer.
The paper drawing up by Cancer Research UK and other charities states that “The time required to make sufficient vitamin D is typically short and less than the time needed for skin to redden and burn.” They recommend that regular exposure to the sun between 11am and 3pm for only a few minutes should be long enough to produce sufficient vitamin D saying : “When it comes to sun exposure, little and often is best. However, people should get to know their own skin, to understand how long they can spend outside before risking sunburn under different conditions.”
Expect the new advice from Cancer Research UK to become official within the next few weeks.
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