Hey, Dr. Axe here.
Doctor of natural medicine and founder of www.draxe.com.
Today, I'll be talking about how to choose the best sunscreens and the worst sunscreens
you want to stay away from.
And I'll go over exact brand you want to be buying as well and the ones, again, you want
to stay away from.
And here there's the truth about what we know, the sun is actually good for you.
We need vitamin D. So listen, you do want to a little bit of sunshine.
You want to get some direct sunlight on your skin 20 to 30 minutes a day if possible, but
at the same time you don't want to get burnt because what that does is that it actually
increases your chance of skin cancer if you're getting burnt on a regular basis.
Also, here's the danger though.
Many of these conventional sunscreens contain cancer-causing ingredients.
So again, you want to go all natural if you can.
So here's how to choose the best sunscreens.
Now, here are some sunscreens risks.
Number one, a lot of the chemicals, one, for instance, oxybenzone, which is found in a
lot of sunscreens and sunblocks today, has hormone disrupting chemicals.
May increase your risk of kidney issues, adrenal issues, throw off your hormones, and throw
off your issues like your estrogen and your progesterone.
So again, hormone disrupting chemicals are found in conventional sunscreens, and think
about how damaging that could be to a child, you know, a young boy or young girl.
You know, a lot of men today, even young kids, are having more feminine characteristics,
can oftentimes happen.
A lot of women today are having their estrogen too high at an early age, which can increase
the risk of issues like infertility and PCOS, and a number of health issues.
So again, stay away from those chemically-laden sunscreens, because they're hormone disruptors.
Oftentimes, can also cause an allergic reaction.
Any type of bumps on the skin or redness of skin indicates there's an allergic reaction
going on.
Number three here, skin cancer.
That's right.
Listen, a lot . . . I've heard a lot of people say the sun can cause skin cancer.
It's not true.
Getting healthy amounts of sunlight without getting scorched or really burnt does not
increase your risk of skin cancer.
In fact, it fights skin cancer, because vitamin D has been proven in medical studies to decrease
your cancer risk and naturally boost your immune system.
The problem here is that a lot of these chemicals today . . . think about this, you put chemicals
on your skin, they interact with UV radiation from the sun causing carcinogenic compounds
that can actually cause skin cancer.
So again, you want to stay away from these chemicals as well because they increase your
risk of skin cancer.
So the sky high SPFs to where you're not getting any vitamin D, that's a problem.
They're blocking your body from actually getting vitamin D as well as inhalation.
You know, a lot of these chemicals, you're breathing them in while being in the hot sun
all day long.
We know that that's going to cause not only toxicity the skin but also of the bloodstream,
the brain, and many other areas of your body.
So let's talk about . . . Here's how to find the best sunscreens.
Now number one, you want to avoid sunscreen sprays.
Most of these sprays are the most toxic of all of them.
Stay away from the sprays.
Again avoid oxybenzone and retinal ingredients, okay?
Especially this oxybenzone.
That's one of the things.
You can flip over your current sunscreen, make sure it doesn't have these ingredients.
Number three, fragrance ingredients.
If it says fragrance in it, stay away.
And also, check out the EWG, that's the Environmental Working Group, has a whole list.
And also you can search for a more in-depth article by me.
Just look up "Dr. Axe sunscreen."
You can find some of the advance articles I've written on the topic.
Now here are the best sunscreens and the best brands.
All Terrain AquaSport Lotion SPF 30.
Again, this is one of the brands you want to be using for natural skin protection, natural
sunscreen.
Badger Baby Sunscreen Cream SPF 30.
In fact, this is the brand my wife and I have used.
Now we've made our own at home using a lavender essential oil, myrrh, and more some others,
which we'll talk about.
But Badger is a great brand there as well.
ATTITUDE Family Sensitive Skin Care, Bare Belly Organics, and then Waxhead Sun Defense,
these are all good options, and you can see the full list by going to www.draxe.com or
just Google searching "Dr. Axe sunscreen list" There are on Google.
Now, here are the worst sunscreens for kids.
And look they're the big ones.
These are the big companies.
Banana Boat for Kids Continuous Spray, SPF 100, super toxic to the body.
According to Environmental Working Group, the EWG, you could check out their listings
on there for the bad ingredients.
Coppertone Foaming Kids Wacky Foam, not a good one.
Another Coppertone brand and Neutrogena.
These are the ones especially, you can see, one's over 60 SPF are the ones you typically
want to stay away from.
Instead going natural with All Terrain and Badger and some of these other brands is what
you want to do.
Now again, here are some other things to consider, better ways to as avoid sun exposure.
Number one, you know, get an hour or two of sun and then cover up is a good option.
So again, wear some clothes and a hat after a certain period of time.
Wearing rash guards and wet suit tights is a good option too for reducing sun exposure.
Get in the shade, wear sunglasses of course, avoid peak sun, and check daily UV index.
And again, we all want to get a little bit of sun on a daily basis.
You just don't want to get burned, okay?
You don't want to get too much.
So again, getting in our sun and then putting on some sunscreen, if that's what it takes
to not get burned, or to cover up, that's the best strategy there.
And also, hey listen, you can also make your own sunscreen at home.
Simply do a mixture of zinc oxide along with coconut oil, lavender oil, and even something
like a myrrh oil.
Mixing those together, rubbing it on your skin.
That's what I do most of time.
It's that simple three ingredients.
Again, zinc oxide, coconut oil, and essential oils of your choice like lavender oil and
myrrh oil is a great way to get natural skin protection there as well.
So, guys, if you want to learn more about natural medicine and herbs and natural treatments
like we're talking about sunscreen and brand reviews, make sure to subscribe here to this
YouTube channel.
Also, hey, if you want to learn more about sunscreen, you can just you can check my name
on YouTube.
Look up "Dr. Axe sunscreen."
I've done more videos on this in the past.
"Dr. Axe vitamin D" is another thing you can search for.
You can also go to Google.
And I wrote an in-depth article on this topic that goes through even more brands, in fact,
ten times more brands than I did on this video.
You can check that out at www.draxe.com, guys.
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