The human body benefits from sun exposure. And a little bit of tan protects you from the sun. Right? Wrong!
The body does indeed benefit from sun exposure. But a little bit of tan does not necessarily protect you from the sun. Lets see why.
The suns rays are a major source of vitamin D and help the bodys systems acquire much needed calcium for building healthy bones. However, most people dont need to spend large amounts of time exposed to the sun in order to get their required amount of vitamin D.
In fact, the bodys health can actually suffer negative effects when its exposed too long to the suns rays, especially if its unprotected. Results can vary from skin and eye damage to immune system suppression and ultimately cancer, even for the young.
So lets look at the basic facts about sun exposure.
There are three kinds of invisible ultraviolet (UV) rays in the sun that reaches earth: UVA, UVB, and UVC. When these rays come in contact with our skin, affects of UVA and UVB can be – tans, burns and other reactions (e.g. like acne and cancer).
Its also notable that the effects of all UV rays are not the same. Depending upon the season,...