I had a lady at my church recently ask me for a recommendation for a natural sunscreen. Having just learned about the potent toxicity of conventional sunscreen – certain of the chemicals in them increase cancer risk – she wanted something safer for her family.
Kudos to her for seeking a higher level of health!
I mentioned coconut oil or olive oil. She countered that she would fry if she put oil on her skin because she was so fair. Funny, because I know that Carrie of Natural Moms Talk Radio puts coconut oil on both her skin and her children’s skin during the summer. And they are not dark-skinned in the least.
Plus they live in Georgia, where it’s as hot as it is here in Texas.
I suggested that Whole Foods would have something, but then I gave her the bottom line:
If your diet is right, you don’t have to worry about sunburn.
My son and I are quite fair-skinned, and only ever burn if we are out in the water longer than an hour.
You want the recipe for the best natural sunscreen? Here it is:
- Eat no processed foods. Zilch. Condiments and the occasional (and I mean occasional) birthday cake excepted. The vast, vast majority of your food should be in its most natural state possible.
- Eat at least sixty percent of your diet raw.
- Eat lots of greens, say, at least three cups of raw greens per day. And iceberg lettuce does NOT count.
That’s it. Simple enough, isn’t it? Simple, but very difficult if you’re not used to eating that way.
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I know, I know, you were hoping I would recommend some Willy Wasp brand or offer a homemade recipe. As Gomer Pyle would say, “Surprise, surprise!”
Eat the way your body was designed to eat, gradually spend more time in the sun, and suddenly you won’t have to spend half your summer slathering your body up with some slimy cream in the name of avoiding skin cancer.
Which, by the way, is caused either by processed food causing sick blood cells in the skin that have lost the ability to handle the sun rays, or by smothering the skin with carcinogenic sunscreens.
NOT by the hole in the ozone.
