Dr. Lani's No-Nonsense Sun Health Guide: The Truth about Vitamin D, Sunscreen, Sensible Sun Exposure and Skin Cancer

by Lani Simpson DC, CCD

Overview

Don’t Let your Family get burned!

In her newest book, Dr. Lani Simpson provides readers with no-nonsense, easy-to-understand advise about the sun and how our bodies react to sun exposure. This go-to-guide for all members of the family includes: practical information about how to obtain vitamin D from the sun safely, how to protect yourself and your family from sunburns and how to find safe SPF products and apply them properly. This book examines how our ancestors worshipped the sun and how those beliefs affect our relationship with the sun in present times. Dr. Lani’s No-nonsense Sun Health Guide advocates for a conscious and respectful relationship with the sun.

The sun is now listed as a carcinogen – this is true, however there are hundreds of conditions that have been associated with vitamin D deficiency – multiple cancers, hormone imbalance (PMS), bone loss and osteoporosis to multiple sclerosis. So how do we get the the vitamins and nutrients we need from the sun without damaging our health? Is taking a vitamin D supplement the answer? If so how much? These questions and many more are addressed in Dr. Lani’s No-nonsense Sun Health Guide.

This go-to-guide also reveals the truth about:

• sun exposure
• vitamin D
• sun tanning
• skin cancer
• chemicals in skin products
• sunscreen chemicals
• insomnia and the sun

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684423033
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	06/04/2019
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

Dr. Lani Simpson is a chiropractic doctor and a Certified Clinical (bone) Densitometrist (CCD). She has been an expert in women’s health care for 25 years, treating thousands of patients with a multidisciplinary and holistic approach to health. She cofounded the East Bay Menopause and PMS Center and the Osteoporosis Diagnostic Center in Berkeley, CA, where she lives. She is an expert in bone density, osteoporosis, and menopause and aging, and gives continuing education seminars to health professionals about these issues.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 The Sun: Friend or Foe? 1

Chapter 2 Sun Sense 14

Chapter 3 Skin Sense 33

Chapter 4 Getting Vitamin D from the Sun 51

Chapter 5 When the Sun Is Not Enough-Vitamin D Deficiencies 70

Chapter 6 Vitamin D Testing 98

Chapter 7 Vitamin D Recommendations 119

Chapter 8 Treating Vitamin D Deficiencies 135

Chapter 9 When the Sun Is Too Much-Skin Cancer Risks 151

Chapter 10 Skin Cancer Treatments 183

Chapter 11 Sensible Sun Exposure and Sun Protection 215

Chapter 12 Safe Sunscreens and Chemicals to Avoid 239

Chapter 13 Sunlight, Darkness, and Circadian Rhythm 262

Conclusion 279

Appendix 281

Bibliography 283

Reference 292

Index 299

About the Author 315