Sunburn

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at least u have warm weather to get a sunburn.....its cold as fuck over here

[DrRapid]

Well I don't usually get sunburnt since I put bottles of sun cream on me. If I didn't I'd get sunburnt as hell on the beaches. Sunburns are assholes.

[ThomasAguanis]

use aloe. preferably pure aloe with no additives, fresh from the leaf if you can find it. If not, maybe the organic dietary aloe supplement (since it can be used internally and externally). The green colored ones aren't as good. Aloe should be clear, and you should be able to eat it. If it says "for external use only" on the bottle, pass it.

[James R.]

It's fun to be black.

[Epidemik]

lol i wish i could get a sunburn this time of year its only 4 degrees out.. and thats unusually warm for this time of year.

[ThomasAguanis]

thats why light skinned people should avoid the sun... *stays inside

wrong answer! Exposure to sunlight is vital! Ever hear of Vitamin D? Here's some facts:
1. Vitamin D is produced by your skin in response to exposure to ultraviolet radiation from natural sunlight.
2. The healing rays of natural sunlight (that generate vitamin D in your skin) cannot penetrate glass. So you don't generate vitamin D when sitting in your car or home.
3. It is nearly impossible to get adequate amounts of vitamin D from your diet. Sunlight exposure is the only reliable way to generate vitamin D in your own body.
4. A person would have to drink ten tall glasses of vitamin D fortified milk each day just to get minimum levels of vitamin D into their diet.
5. The further you live from the equator, the longer exposure you need to the sun in order to generate vitamin D. Canada, the UK and most U.S. states are far from the equator.
6. People with dark skin pigmentation may need 20 - 30 times as much exposure to sunlight as fair-skinned people to generate the same amount of vitamin D. That's why prostate cancer is epidemic among black men -- it's a simple, but widespread, sunlight deficiency.
7. Sufficient levels of vitamin D are crucial for calcium absorption in your intestines. Without sufficient vitamin D, your body cannot absorb calcium, rendering calcium supplements useless.
8. Chronic vitamin D deficiency cannot be reversed overnight: it takes months of vitamin D supplementation and sunlight exposure to rebuild the body's bones and nervous system.
9. Even weak sunscreens (SPF=8) block your body's ability to generate vitamin D by 95%. This is how sunscreen products actually cause disease -- by creating a critical vitamin deficiency in the body.
10. It is impossible to generate too much vitamin D in your body from sunlight exposure: your body will self-regulate and only generate what it needs.
11. If it hurts to press firmly on your sternum, you may be suffering from chronic vitamin D deficiency right now.
12. Vitamin D is "activated" in your body by your kidneys and liver before it can be used.
13. Having kidney disease or liver damage can greatly impair your body's ability to activate circulating vitamin D.
14. The sunscreen industry doesn't want you to know that your body actually needs sunlight exposure because that realization would mean lower sales of sunscreen products.
15. Even though vitamin D is one of the most powerful healing chemicals in your body, your body makes it absolutely free. No prescription required.

[Tash8]

^ yea fuck the sun, you can just drink orange juice.

[Tash8]

just cause there' vitamin C don't mean there isn't vitamin D, why are you reverting blond on me?

[ThomasAguanis]

Sarah's right. And Orange juice, as with all juice, is only good if it's fresh and unpasteurized. Pasteurization kills the vital nutrients. That's why a lot of juices have added synthetic vitamins added to them. Raw=better

@Angie: sunlight through a window won't help you. It may just get you warm if you're against it since UV light and glass have the same natural frequency, which causes the molecules to vibrate and give off heat (thank you hot physics teacher!)
Also, skin cancer is quite curable and preventable too. Don't stay in the sun too long and if you do, make sure you eat foods with a lot of antioxidants and use chemical free sunscreen.

[Tash8]

Sarah's right. And Orange juice, as with all juice, is only good if it's fresh and unpasteurized. Pasteurization kills the vital nutrients. That's why a lot of juices have added synthetic vitamins added to them. Raw=better

@Angie: sunlight through a window won't help you. It may just get you warm if you're against it since UV light and glass have the same natural frequency, which causes the molecules to vibrate and give off heat (thank you hot physics teacher!)
Also, skin cancer is quite curable and preventable too. Don't stay in the sun too long and if you do, make sure you eat foods with a lot of antioxidants and use chemical free sunscreen.

how's sarah right? It Still has vitamin D... and no shit raw = better... raw = natural... sun=natural.. if you want sun-like exposure, your gonna need natural shit.

[ThomasAguanis]

how's sarah right? It Still has vitamin D... and no shit raw = better... raw = natural... sun=natural.. if you want sun-like exposure, your gonna need natural shit.

Oranges don't have much, if any vitamin d in them. your orange juice may be fortified with vitamin d but its not the same as your body naturally producing it (obviously). It's kinda like, say you could either buy a bootleg movie or the official movie for about the same price. The official movie has better quality, but many people don't realize the difference between the 2, and settle for the cheaper one. That's kinda how a lot of people are with vitamins, they don't realize the difference between synthetic and the naturally occurring ones.

and I added the raw=better because not too many people (a lot of my friends, for instance) realize that raw food is better for you and when heating food, whether it's juice, or cooking anything etc., it kills a large percentage of the nutrients they need, making them useless.

[yoshi]

^ no his vegan

no eggs?! no milk?! no cheese?!?!