Comments on: Sunscreen Safety. http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/07/sunscreen-safety/ daily blog, videos, e-newsletter & magazine on yoga + organics + green living + non-new agey spirituality + ecofashion + conscious consumerism=it's about the mindful life. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: elephantjournal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/07/sunscreen-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-71305 elephantjournal Mon, 24 May 2010 19:13:04 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=1093#comment-71305 <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/09/sunscreen-vs-cancer-vs-vitamin-d-via-ryan-wanger/" rel="nofollow">http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/09/sunscreen-...</a> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/09/sunscreen-…

]]> By: elephantjournal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/07/sunscreen-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-21447 elephantjournal Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:06:00 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=1093#comment-21447 via FB Jillaurie Crane likes this. Kyna Saam Katz at 8:24pm June 7 i believe there were zero cases of skin cancer BEFORE sunscreen. I do not have the source, but read somewhere along the line. Alakananda Ma at 8:43pm June 7 You can make Ayurvedic sunscreen using coconut oil neem and shatavari. Not only will it give sun protection, it will also have anti cancer properties. Ella Hall at 8:45pm June 7 the one i've been using is almost at the bottom of the list, yipe. Chrystos Minot at 8:48pm June 7 Alakananda---Seriously? Has this been backed up by peer-reviewed research? This is wonderful. I would like to learn more if you would be so kind! Kyna Saam Katz at 8:49pm June 7 alakananda, where do you find neem and shatavari? do i just add it to the oil..going to mexico this week, will make some. thanks!! Alakananda Ma at 9:06pm June 7 You can get it from us...Alandi Ayurveda. 303 786 7437. ( Boulder) You could mix it in the oil, I don't think we would have time to make you a medicated oil as such before you leave. Lori Linzmier at 9:07pm June 7 Zinc Oxide!! Earliest and best natural sunscreen. Sanitas makes a wonderful all natural product Deborah Knox at 10:15pm June 7 Alakananda, does it smell with the neem? Alakananda Ma at 10:52pm June 8 Chrystos, the anti-cancer properties of neem are well established with peer-reviewed studies. Here's just one citation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology Volume 92, Issue 1, May 2004, Pages 23-36 Alakananda Ma at 10:53pm June 8 Sephira, it doesn't smell bad because we use neem leaf .It's neem seed oil that smells. Chrystos Minot at 7:18am June 9 Thanks! via FB
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Kyna Saam Katz at 8:24pm June 7
i believe there were zero cases of skin cancer BEFORE sunscreen. I do not have the source, but read somewhere along the line.

Alakananda Ma at 8:43pm June 7
You can make Ayurvedic sunscreen using coconut oil neem and shatavari. Not only will it give sun protection, it will also have anti cancer properties.

Ella Hall at 8:45pm June 7
the one i've been using is almost at the bottom of the list, yipe.

Chrystos Minot at 8:48pm June 7
Alakananda—Seriously? Has this been backed up by peer-reviewed research? This is wonderful. I would like to learn more if you would be so kind!

Kyna Saam Katz at 8:49pm June 7
alakananda, where do you find neem and shatavari? do i just add it to the oil..going to mexico this week, will make some. thanks!!

Alakananda Ma at 9:06pm June 7
You can get it from us…Alandi Ayurveda. 303 786 7437. ( Boulder) You could mix it in the oil, I don't think we would have time to make you a medicated oil as such before you leave.

Lori Linzmier at 9:07pm June 7
Zinc Oxide!! Earliest and best natural sunscreen. Sanitas makes a wonderful all natural product

Deborah Knox at 10:15pm June 7
Alakananda, does it smell with the neem?

Alakananda Ma at 10:52pm June 8
Chrystos, the anti-cancer properties of neem are well established with peer-reviewed studies. Here's just one citation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Volume 92, Issue 1, May 2004, Pages 23-36

Alakananda Ma at 10:53pm June 8
Sephira, it doesn't smell bad because we use neem leaf .It's neem seed oil that smells.

Chrystos Minot at 7:18am June 9
Thanks!

]]> By: Liz http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/07/sunscreen-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-21426 Liz Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:24:30 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=1093#comment-21426 I love California Baby, been using it for over a year now. That being said... Dave and Ariana, you're right about keeping covered vs lotion. Apparently there's no such thing as 'sustainable' sunscreen, since the less toxic physical blocks are mined from the earth. I like being in the sun to get my dose of vitamin D, but lately, I've been employing the sunhat and other clothing coverage and using minimal sunscreen on the more sensitive parts (face, chest, shoulders). I love California Baby, been using it for over a year now.

That being said… Dave and Ariana, you're right about keeping covered vs lotion. Apparently there's no such thing as 'sustainable' sunscreen, since the less toxic physical blocks are mined from the earth.

I like being in the sun to get my dose of vitamin D, but lately, I've been employing the sunhat and other clothing coverage and using minimal sunscreen on the more sensitive parts (face, chest, shoulders).

]]> By: Ariana Saraha http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/07/sunscreen-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-896 Ariana Saraha Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:30:13 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=1093#comment-896 I'm a big fan of sunhats and [partially dampened to keep cool] white shawls... Umbrellas work great too - it's raining sunshine!!! :-) I’m a big fan of sunhats and [partially dampened to keep cool] white shawls… Umbrellas work great too – it’s raining sunshine!!!

:-)

]]> By: DaveRogers http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/07/sunscreen-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-889 DaveRogers Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:26:23 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=1093#comment-889 I just spent twenty minutes on those links and am equally confused. Should we be buying foreign sunscreen? Aren't most of the "FDA Unapproved" ingredients things you don't want to absorb? I am no scientist but why is Titanium or Zinc OK for me to absorb? I am going to get some SPF clothing and stay in bed with Badger Sunscreen all over myself. I just spent twenty minutes on those links and am equally confused. Should we be buying foreign sunscreen?
Aren’t most of the “FDA Unapproved” ingredients things you don’t want to absorb?
I am no scientist but why is Titanium or Zinc OK for me to absorb?

I am going to get some SPF clothing and stay in bed with Badger Sunscreen all over myself.

]]> By: lauren http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/07/sunscreen-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-883 lauren Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:16:29 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=1093#comment-883 this is awesome! book marked it as a reference! thanks this is awesome! book marked it as a reference! thanks

]]> By: marin http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/07/sunscreen-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-879 marin Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:21:25 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=1093#comment-879 Thanks, Lindsey! As one of the fair-complected, I'm constantly balancing the need to protect my skin from the sun and my desire to avoid the chemicals found in so many products. Thanks for the great reference! I've used California Baby products before, and I love them...might be time to switch back. Thanks, Lindsey! As one of the fair-complected, I’m constantly balancing the need to protect my skin from the sun and my desire to avoid the chemicals found in so many products. Thanks for the great reference! I’ve used California Baby products before, and I love them…might be time to switch back.

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