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Originally Posted by Freeda
The best way to avoid skin (and other) cancer and damage is to have sufficient high quality antioxidants in your body. Antioxidants neutralize free radical damage, whether from the sun, or any other cause. It's why we have taken USANA - bravo.usana.com - for over 22 years, like many Olympic, elite, and professional athletes, and informed healthcare professionals. We always wear hats while in the sun, as an added source of protection and for comfort, but USANA's antioxidants and science-based skincare with sun protection, rather than applying 'who knows what' chemicals (which are absorbed into the body) in sunscreen products to our skin has kept us skin lesion-free, sunburn free, and healthy. We do not sunburn. I also follow Dr. Steven Gundry's lectin-free dietary advice.
Your skin is just part of your body. Take care of your whole body, and your skin will also be okay.
I forget who the famous person was who said it, but my needs are simple -- I simply want the best.
And, I believe in science.
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I can't express in only a few words how profoundly incorrect this advice is.
There is nothing you can INGEST that will protect your skin from the sun's damaging rays. Nothing, zilch, nada. And in fact, if you were to make a paste of those anti-oxidants, and rub them into your skin, they STILL won't protect your skin from the sun's damaging rays.
The only way to protect your skin from the sun's damaging rays, is to keep your skin away from the sun's damaging rays. Whether that's long-sleeve shirts and long pants with socks and gloves and a face-covering and a hat, or slathering sunscreen on all exposed skin, or never leaving your house and never sitting near the window when the sun is shining through it - then that's what it means.
Your skin is not part of your digestive system, and it is the only organ that exists exclusively on the outside of your body. A sun TAN is sun damage. That is what happens, when you get a tan. You have basically baked your skin, damaging it. Damaged skin increases the risk of skin cancer. You don't have to EVER burn, to get skin cancer.
Furthermore, USANA is a MLM with a dubious history and multiple lawsuits. The average "associate" (someone who sells product for an MLM as an independent contractor) earns less than $1000/year - even though they are shown misleading statements and documentation implying that they can become wealthy by quitting their day-jobs and peddling these pills instead.