Comments on: Out and About – Does Sunscreen Equal Prevention?

By: mike

mike — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:13:33 +0000

If you are interested in vitamin D you should take a look at http://www.vitaminD3world.com The Canadian Cancer Society now recommends that everyone take vitamin D to prevent cancer. The site has good summaries of the data and offers a new preparation of vitamin D in a micro-pill formulation. The pills have been formulated with cellulose which absorbs water very quickly. This ensures that the pill breaks up very quickly to provide for maximum absorption. The micro pill is tiny and tasteless. Many vitamin D pills on the market have very poor dissolution properties resulting in poor absorption.
The site also offers to supply customers with a free supply of 400IU for their children and it also has a good newsletter.

By: Another Robin

Another Robin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:07:04 +0000

Totally off topic – just wanted to thank Don & Louisa for the lovely visit at ASH Berry farm today – we’ve been eating raspberries ever since our two little snuffler piglets (the children) made it home. Probably have photos of them running naked through your fields but I suppose I’d better keep them off the internet!
What a wonderful place you have; the hospitality was great, the farming information was not too heavy, not too light, but just right, and the lemonade and fruit tarts were delightful. BIG THANK YOU.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:00:15 +0000

Great article, and great link as well! Sunscreen has alwasy been an iffy issue for me since I had my children. It is impossible to never use it, and yet so easy to over use. When my son hit the 6 month mark and it was “safe” to use I was doing the paranoid mom thing and sunscreening him everyday. We use sunscreen from edible island that is as natural as you can get with sunscreen, but as stated above there is still zinc oxide and titanium dioxide in it. I have been doing some reading on titanium dioxide, as it is also used in all the mineral makeup that is so big right now, and have been less than reasured by it all. We now start out the day without sunscreen instead dressing in UV potcting clothes and hats and trying to minimize our time in the sun. If it looks like we are going to be in the sun then I screen them up and just stay shaded until it starts to do it’s stuff. I don’t know if this is the right thing, as I am noticing my boy is definitely darker than he was last summer. It is hard to know which is the best for their long term health.

By: marieke

marieke — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:24:50 +0000

Thanks for the link Kevin. I know that Edible Island carries Badger products. Will have to get some myself – I have always used the DermaMed from Edible as it’s one of the only ones that works for my daughter’s eczema – it’s not on the list though.

By: melia

melia — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:08:46 +0000

also check out mother jones’ article;

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/1998/05/sunscam

By: Kevin Snell

Kevin Snell — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:34:53 +0000

Excellent article. Thank-you for all the great information. For those of you who are interested, here’s a link to the Environmental Working Group database:

http://www.ewg.org/cosmetics/report/sunscreen09/Beach-Sunscreens

Badger comes out on top (0 is the best, 10 is the worst on EWG’s scale). Looks like I will have to re-think my previous favorite (Aubrey’s Organics). The Aubrey’s only rates 4/10. The databasae is extremely detailed and has thorough information on all ingredients and tests – I’m very impressed.

Time to see if Edible Island or Organic Family Natural Home in Cumberland either carry it or can order it.

Enjoy your summer safely!

Kevin.