Boosts Sun Protection 800%

Scientists are trying to scare you into thinking that because of “global warming,” it’s more important than ever to hide from the sun.

But the fact is, the sun enhances health and is vital to your well-being.

One of the most important ways the sun protects you is through your skin, which makes vitamin D. Here are some of the sun’s many benefits:

  • Increases immunity
  • Protects against osteoporosis
  • Relieves depression
  • Lowers blood sugar and blood pressure levels
  • Promotes weight loss
  • Helps you fall asleep

But the Vitamin D Council reports that 70% of people in the U.S. are now deficient in this important vitamin — that’s 228 million men, women and children who have dangerously low levels.1

And according to new research published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, the overuse of sunscreen — and underexposure to the sun — is partly to blame.

You see, most people don’t spend enough time outdoors. When they do, they slather on sunscreen. And a sunscreen containing SPF 15 or greater reduces vitamin D production by 99%.2

As a regular reader, you know how 15 minutes a day of “gentle tanning” provides all the vitamin D you need. But when you’re having fun, you want to stay out all day.

Here’s how to protect your skin from the inside out for all-day protection…

SOD Offers 800 Times More Sun Protection

Superoxide dismutase, or SOD, is your body’s master antioxidant. It works by neutralizing dangerous superoxide radicals in your body called “anions.” Ultraviolet rays from the sun can create these anions.

Most antioxidants can’t help. But SOD has 3,500 times the antioxidant power of vitamin C. It triggers the conversion of these superoxide radicals into hydrogen peroxide, a less harmful oxygen-based free radical.3 In other words, they become harmless oxygen and water. SOD then remains “on site” to extinguish the fiery rampage of inflammation that follows.

In one study, 15 people who were hypersensitive to the sun took SOD. They all reported a higher tolerance to the sun. They also had fewer tendencies to redden or have skin irritation from the sun.4

Another study showed that SOD allowed fair-skinned people to get eight times more sun before burning.5 In other words, SOD increased the body’s natural sun protection by 800%.

I recommend supplementing with 500 mg superoxide dismutase formula.

2 More Ways to Boost Your Internal Sun Defense

  1. Tomatoes are nature’s sunscreen. Red and orange foods like tomatoes contains lycopene. When you eat these foods, lycopene settles into your skin’s outer layer. It acts as a natural sunblock and also repairs cells damaged by sunlight. Lycopene prevents sunspots, dryness and wrinkles from UV radiation. In a Journal of Nutrition study, people who ate tomato paste every day for 10 weeks showed less damage when subjected to UV radiation.6
  2. Save your skin with salmon. Wild-caught salmon is rich in an antioxidant called astaxanthin that provides a natural defense to the sun’s burning rays.

    In a recent study, researchers tested people to see how long it would take them to develop a sunburn. The subjects took 4 mg a day of astaxanthin. After two weeks, they could tolerate much more time under ultraviolet light before developing sunburn damage.7

    A typical 6-ounce serving of wild Pacific sockeye salmon gives you 4 mg to 5 mg of astaxanthin. Or you can supplement with 10 mg daily.

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD, CNS

1. Tovey A. “Are we currently amid a vitamin D pandemic?” Vitamin D Council. November 18, 2016. Accessed May 14, 2018.
2. Pfotenhauer K, et al. “Vitamin D deficiency, its role in health and disease, and current supplement recommendations.” J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2017;(117):301-305.
3. Faraci F, Didion S. “Vascular protection: superoxide dismutase isoforms in the vessel wall.” Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2004;24(8):1367-1373.
4. Laverdet C. “Glisodin Sun Study Pilot.” Attachee de Consultation des Hopitaux de, Paris. July-September 2003.

5. Mac-Mary M, et al. “Evaluation of the Effect of Glisodin on the Intensity of Actinic Erythema,” presented at the CARD (Annual Congress of Dermatological Research) meeting in Brest, France, May 28th 2005.

6. Stahl W, et al. “Dietary tomato paste protects against ultraviolet light-induced erythema in humans.” J Nutr. 2001;131(5):1449-1451.

7. Lorenz, R.T.2002b. “Method for retarding and preventing sunburn by UV light.” U.S. Patent No.6,433,025.