Re: diet and the sun (update)

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for the advise to put on coconut oil as sunburn

protection while on vacation in Florida. It worked beautifully! I went

from ghost white to a perfect tan without burning at all, even though

we would spend hours and hours in the direct sun. The only time I used

some regular sunblock was when we were out on a boat fishing for hours,

and I noticed my shoulders feeling hot.

My sunblock loving friends who started out worrying I was going to get

a bad burn wound up using the coconut oil the last couple days... they

had remained pretty pale next to my great tan.

Do we still get vitamin D when using the coconut oil on our skin?

Thanks again!

Judy

[Guest guest]

Has anyone noticed that they do not sunburn anymore when eating a

healthy diet without any sunblock other than maybe eating some coconut

oil sometimes? It is really odd recent experience for me.

I play a lot of beach volleyball and used to burn if I did not use

sunblock. I eat some coconut and use coconut oil as a skin lotion too.

I am relatively light skinned.

I can be out in the sun for 5-7 hours now in Los Angeles at the beach on

an 80 degree day and only get a little color which goes away by the next

morning. In the summer, I will burn, but way less than before.

[Guest guest]

No, that is not the case for me. I burned on my neck a few weeks ago when we had

a really gorgeous day!

I did only burn on the back of my neck on an area that usually is not exposed.

My arms and face didn't burn, though. I do consume alot of coconut oil, but

don't use it topically.

Kathy

---- " W. Ferguson " <sfergucla@...> wrote:

> Has anyone noticed that they do not sunburn anymore when eating a

> healthy diet without any sunblock other than maybe eating some coconut

> oil sometimes? It is really odd recent experience for me.

>

> I play a lot of beach volleyball and used to burn if I did not use

> sunblock. I eat some coconut and use coconut oil as a skin lotion too.

> I am relatively light skinned.

>

> I can be out in the sun for 5-7 hours now in Los Angeles at the beach on

> an 80 degree day and only get a little color which goes away by the next

> morning. In the summer, I will burn, but way less than before.

>

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[Guest guest]

My MIL said she went to Costa Rica and for the first time ever, did

not burn at all in the sun. She did not use sunblock. She said the

only thing she changed in her diet was adding cod liver oil (1/2 tsp

per day).

Ann Marie

On Mar 18, 2008, at 11:29 AM, W. Ferguson wrote:

> Has anyone noticed that they do not sunburn anymore when eating a

> healthy diet without any sunblock other than maybe eating some coconut

> oil sometimes? It is really odd recent experience for me.

[Guest guest]

W. Ferguson wrote:

> Has anyone noticed that they do not sunburn anymore when eating a

> healthy diet without any sunblock other than maybe eating some coconut

> oil sometimes? It is really odd recent experience for me.

The only dietary change I've seen make a difference in sunburning or not

is the Vitamin D intake with my children. When I started getting

disciplined about getting Vitamin D in them everyday, even my most

fair-skinned one stopped burning and we weren't using sunscreen. Of

course, we're up around 41* latitude, so it might not be as protective

for someone further south, but it sure did make a difference for us here.

--s