The Truth About... Skin and Sun Safety

The Cancer Pod: Integrative Medicine Talk

Tina and Leah take on some TikTok misconceptions, including influencers' anti-sunscreen rants, head-on (wearing a wide-brimmed hat, of course). The sun is good. The sun is bad. The sun will give you cancer, no wait, it will protect you from cancers. As is often the case, the truth is somewhere in the middle. Tune in for a factual discussion about sun exposure, tanning, and the difference between UVA and UVB rays on your skin. We talk sunscreens, sun blockers, and why there is so much darn skin cancer down under! (Not THAT down under! We mean Australia/New Zealand).
Some links that you may like:
Who's Spicoli?
List of the recalled Sunscreens
Bain De Soleil Commercial
SPF and Sun Protection explained (Skin Cancer Foundation)
Eating tomatoes - evidence of protection from sun damage (mice)
The ABCDE of identifying melanoma
Five sunburns in childhood increases risk, and more info
Skin Cancer rates across by country (Scientific American)
Our prior episode on Vitamin D
Sunscreen Chemicals and Marine Life (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association)
Guide to the Safer Sunscreens (Environmental Working Group)
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Chapters

1. The Truth About... Skin and Sun Safety (00:00:00)

2. Intro - TikTok and Messaging (00:00:56)

3. Skin cancers - some basics (00:04:08)

4. UVA/UVB and wrinkles (00:09:00)

5. Sunburns in childhood !! (00:11:21)

6. Chemicals in Sunscreens (00:14:34)

7. Cover up! (00:21:18)

8. Photo aging while you drive! (00:24:21)

9. Skin cancers and geography (00:28:40)

10. Tomatoes, Alcohol and Vitamin D... (00:30:00)

11. What is SPF anyways? (00:33:47)

12. Skin types - Yes, you have a type! (00:37:19)

13. Wrap up (00:42:32)