Tag: sunscreen

The degree of fear and paranoia regarding the sun is at its zenith

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | August 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

MEET AND GREET THE ELITE The degree of fear and paranoia regarding the sun is at its zenith (ha ha) within the academic halls of dermatology. Picture this: pots of church incense and wafts of sweet smoke, a small group of cloistered, fully frocked, “priests” donning freshly laundered lab coats so long that tiny, highly-trained, […]

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A tan is the absolute best skin protector there is and ever will be

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | August 10, 2013 | 0 Comments

  THE DREADFUL TAN   As it turns out a tan is the absolute best skin protector there is and ever will be. We have evolved over millions of years a special sunscreen portfolio of several types of skin melanin of which eumelanin the black-brown pigment found in black and brown hair and brown eyes […]

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Sunscreen use may actually increase the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM).

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | August 3, 2013 | 0 Comments

This weeks blog will feature the relationship between sunscreen use and malignant melanoma (MM or CMM). In the last few years compelling data have confirmed what many scientists have been saying for decades now. That sunscreens are anything but safe. That they may actually be causing the one deadly cancer that their intended use is […]

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THE RELATIONSHIP OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA TO SUNSCREEN USE

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | July 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

THE RELATIONSHIP OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA TO SUNSCREEN USE. There is a table which lists the recommended serum levels of vitamin D3 for optimal health from a study published in Autoimmunity Reviews 9 (2010) 709–715. Here in my book (not here in the blog) I listed 8 of the 25 scientists who participated in the study: […]

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TAN NEVER BURN

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | June 16, 2013 | 3 Comments

TAN NEVER BURN SUNLIGHT, VITAMIN D3 & SKIN CANCER RETURN OF RA, SOL INVICTUS, OR ANY OTHER SUN GOD   I decided in my infinite non-wisdom, that I should stop talking about pharmaceuticals for a while and discuss something relevant to the here and now, (not that pharmaceuticals are not relevant to the here and […]

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