Current guidelines for sun exposure are unhealthy and unscientific

Re:Current guidelines for sun exposure are unhealthy and uns... by JohnBooty on Sunday May 22, 2022 @11:42PM (#31475133)

I am actually a fan of the sun myself. I feel way better, physically and mentally, when getting decent amounts of sunlight. I would accept some risk in exchange for the benefits. But...

    it is good intuition that we survived for thousands of years

Humans survived to the age of reproductive viability for many thousands of years.

If your goal is merely to survive until the age at which you can make a baby and rear it there are a lot of risks that can be disregarded. Skin cancer is one. So are all other cancers. No need to worry about long-term dental health either. So many fears and worries melt away. Embrace that hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

Alternatively, if you are hoping to live past your 30s (most of us would like to live at least 2.5x longer!) the lifestyles of ancient civilizations and our hunter-gatherer ancestors may not be your ticket to success.

    stark naked

This is not how people lived.

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Re:Current guidelines for sun exposure are unhealthy and uns... by guelo on Monday May 23, 2022 @06:45AM (#31477343)

I don't buy this. Having surviving parents and grandparents confers evolutionary advantage to offspring.

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Re:Current guidelines for sun exposure are unhealthy and uns... by JohnBooty on Monday May 23, 2022 @11:01PM (#31487549)

    Having surviving parents and grandparents confers 
    evolutionary advantage to offspring

True but irrelevant. The reality is that lifespans were far shorter back then.

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