Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 43 minutes ago
Avoiding the Sun is a very bad strategy if you want to live a long and healthy life. @drjackkruse just explained why.
Many well meaning but ultimately misguided clinicians advocate for sun avoidance and UV reduction/mitigation.
Before you take advice to block the sun from your surfaces with sunglasses, sunscreens and the like ask yourself, is this advice in the interests of prolonging my life and reducing all-cause mortality?
Or is it intended for the narrow prevention of skin cancer, an outcome that is massively confounded by presence of artificial light (more on that soon) and other ancestrally inappropriate lifestyle factors.
Learn more on the Regenerative Health Podcast, especially my episodes with Dr Jack Kruse & Professor Richard Weller.
#sun #solarcallus #tanning
Avoiding the Sun is a very bad strategy if you want to live a long and healthy life. @drjackkruse just explained why.
Many well meaning but ultimately misguided clinicians advocate for sun avoidance and UV reduction/mitigation.
Before you take advice to block the sun from your surfaces with sunglasses, sunscreens and the like ask yourself, is this advice in the interests of prolonging my life and reducing all-cause mortality?
Or is it intended for the narrow prevention of skin cancer, an outcome that is massively confounded by presence of artificial light (more on that soon) and other ancestrally inappropriate lifestyle factors.
Learn more on the Regenerative Health Podcast, especially my episodes with Dr Jack Kruse & Professor Richard Weller.
#sun #solarcallus #tanning
