Health & Fitness
EWG's 2016 Sunscreen Rankings
Did you know that all sunscreens are not created equal?
The Environmental Working Group's 2016 Guide To Sunscreens is now available. The EWG ranks sunscreens according to their safety ratings. The safety ratings have to do with the sunscreen's ability to protect against UVA and UVB rays and their levels of non-toxic ingredients.
One of the best ways to avoid skin cancer is to make sure that you don't get sunburned.
All life comes from the sun and some exposure to the sun can be very beneficial to your health. Exposure to sunshine can help fight depression, balance your circadian rhythms, increase your vitamin D levels and also help to prevent cancer.
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The problem is that if you get a sunburn, or even turn slightly pink, you are damaging your skin. Your vitamin D3 production also plummets when your skin turns pink from sun exposure.
Just like many other things in life, too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. So before you turn pink, make sure that you are covered up, or apply a safe sunscreen.
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Remember that many sunscreens take a period of time after they are applied, before they are effective.
Some sunscreens protect better against the more harmful UVA rays, which are the most damaging rays of the sun. In the past, many sunscreens only protected adequately against UVB rays. UVA rays can penetrate cloud cover more than the UVB rays do. That is why they are so dangerous. So make sure that your sunblock adequately protects against both UVA and UVB rays.