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- Medical Video: How to Get Vitamin D and Stay Sun-Safe | Lab Muffin Beauty Science
- The use of sunscreen causes vitamin D deficiency
- Why do sunscreens cause vitamin D deficiency?
- Then, how do you use sunscreen to keep it safe?
Medical Video: How to Get Vitamin D and Stay Sun-Safe | Lab Muffin Beauty Science
Are you used to using sunscreen when you will start your activity? Yes, sunscreen, or sunscreen or sunblock is indeed reliable to protect and prevent your skin from burning in the sun. But do you know if the use of sunscreen can cause you to lack vitamin D? Here is the explanation.
The use of sunscreen causes vitamin D deficiency
Vitamin D is one of the fat-soluble vitamins and plays a role in maintaining healthy bones and teeth. In the body, vitamin D helps bones absorb all calcium, so that your bones don't become brittle due to lack of calcium. Therefore, vitamin D deficiency can cause a person to experience osteoporosis or fractures, due to bone that is not strong and dense.
You may be at risk of developing vitamin D deficiency due to using sunscreen too often. The statement has been proven by a new study reported in the American Osteopathic Association. In this study it was found that the use of sunscreen with a content of 15 SPF or higher, turned out to reduce the absorption rate of vitamin D by 99%.
Why do sunscreens cause vitamin D deficiency?
Most of you may spend more time indoors and are rarely exposed to sunlight. Meanwhile, when doing outdoor activities, you definitely use sunscreen.
Sunscreen has a function to protect your skin from exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. Higher levels sun protection factor (SPF) owned by sunscreen, the higher the ability to block the absorption of ultraviolet light.
Meanwhile, vitamin D obtained from sunlight is formed if your skin is exposed to ultraviolet B (UVB). When the skin is exposed to UVB, your body naturally forms vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), which is then processed by the liver and kidneys to be made into vitamin D.
If you use a sunscreen with high SPF every time you move outside, then there is a small chance for the body to win UVB light and form vitamin D. Then in the end you are at risk for vitamin D deficiency.
Then, how do you use sunscreen to keep it safe?
Not that you can't use sunscreen anymore. Sunscreen is very important to protect your skin from sunlight which contains ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. UVA is known to cause premature aging and wrinkles. While UVB can cause sunburn and skin cancer.
Then how can you get vitamin D from the sun? Actually, your body only takes about 10-15 minutes to get vitamin D from the sun. You can 'sunbathe' for a while in the afternoon at least twice a week without using sunscreen.
With a short duration, you can get vitamin D according to your needs and do not need to worry about being burned or affected by skin disorders, because the exposure to the light is not too long.
