Why I Stopped Using Sunscreen

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'I  am a sun worshiper. I admit it. I love the feel of the sun on my skin  and I love how I feel after being in the sun. I believe that blocking  the sun’s rays can be detrimental to your health and use of sunscreen  can be harmful. Sunbathing and sun exposure is part of being healthy  when practiced with some common sense.

Staying out of the sun is the advice given by many health care  providers. Alternatively, another piece of advice is to use sunscreen  (which is toxic) to your skin. 

Over the years, with the  ever increasing statistics of skin cancer reported, people have gotten  so afraid of the sun they are walking around pale as ghosts and no  better for it — actually worse.'

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5 Reasons to Use Coconut Oil for Sunblock

 

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'The Polynesians, a culture known for their radiant skin and hair, have used coconut oil traditionally for many things, including skin protection, for hundreds – probably thousands – of years. A lot of people assume that only those with naturally darker pigmentation can safely use oils as effective sunblock, but it’s totally perfect for us pasty folk too!

 I’ve used both emu ( yes, it’s oil from the emu bird, and though a wonderful oil, it is far more expensive than the latter ) and coconut oils on my children ( both as fair as fair gets ) for years now, and they have never once burned with it on. 

So, seriously…why coconut oil? Why not sunscreen?

Ok, 5 reasons to use coconut oil instead ~ '

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