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I have been tanning now for about a month and a half and feel good after I do it. Before this, I was hardly ever in the sun. I have heard talk that tanning beds can possibly cause DNA change. Does anyone know any information about this or if this should really be a concern?
Do you think it is safer using tanning beds or just being in the sun?
Shannon
DNA change ?
No thats surely got to be a housewives tail.
It is radiation though and over exposure to it will cause damage to your skin cells, and possibly your nerves.
You can get special lamps that emit a type of light that is similar to sunlight if you think your not getting enough bright natural sunlight, but I wouldn’t use a tanning bed for that purpose, it doesn’t even emit the same band of UV light as the sun unless its a very specialized machine, not the kind you’ll find down the local salon.
@shan_e_wilson 2715 wrote:
I have been tanning now for about a month and a half and feel good after I do it. Before this, I was hardly ever in the sun. I have heard talk that tanning beds can possibly cause DNA change. Does anyone know any information about this or if this should really be a concern?
Do you think it is safer using tanning beds or just being in the sun?
Shannon
Well, I think of it this way. All living land-dwelling creatures of the world, including man, have evolved for millions of years adapted to the specific spectrum of UVR (UV radiation) as provided by natural sunlight (although it’s somewhat altered now). Tanning beds are a synthetic recreation of that spectrum in 2 known wavelengths, UVA and UVB. Anytime you replicate and isolate an ingredient in nature, it’s no longer something our genetics recognize as having adapted to. Same principle with that of Vitamin C that naturally occurs in whole food, and the synthetic, lab-created replication, ascorbic acid. Despite what others say, the body is vastly intelligent and does recognize the difference, especially when the one ingredient is separated from the vast and complex array of synergistic co-factors that all play an integral role in its bioavailability when it’s in its natural, unseparated whole state.
I used a bed for many years before I realized that it was making me feel gradually worse after each session. Of course, using any bed with a magnetic ballast is not a good idea because of the EMF it throws off. I now only expose myself to natural sunlight. There are some “more natural” and safer (i.e., electronic ballast) alternative tanning beds that Dr. Mercola has come out with, however, there is nothing better than the real thing, IMO.
That is not to say natural sunlight cannot damage one’s skin and DNA from repeated excessive exposure to the point of sunburn. Humans have to therefore use prudence and regulate exposure, as other creatures have fur or feathers for protection/deflection of UVR.
Skin aging and skin cancer are largely a myth created by our corrupt medical establishment (under the tyranny of the FDA) to sell lotions and drugs which actually make the situation worse, and have even been proven to CAUSE malignancies instead of preventing them. Only people that are super fair-skinned and maladapted to sun exposure, those with certain dermatologic conditions, or those that eat a diet of junk (processed foods & drinks of any kind) have to worry about skin cancer and aging. UVR reacts with the toxins from processed foods (especially refined fats and carbs) in the body and will eventually damage DNA, leading to skin cancer. Processed substances, including the topical sunscreens, should always be avoided, period. UVR just speeds up the free radical process by which these synthetic toxins do their damage.
Think about it in another light (no pun intended) – if the dangers from sunlight were as treacherous as the media would have us believe, then why weren’t ancient people dying from skin cancer that worked and lived in it all day and why is skin cancer unheard of in civilizations south of the equator where UVR is many times more intense than in the northern hemisphere?
We all need some degree of natural sunlight – EVERY DAY!
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