Agree with Aecjohnson. I now wear sunscreen almost everyday. I over did sun exposure and have very few sunspots on arms and face. Not much! but I am aware. Enough of this leads to skin cancer. Great vids about eating/exercising. I agree with them. But ppl can get vitmain D elsewhere. Most of the time the sun does more harm than good. Also looking tan is not a sign of healthy skin. You’re doing damage. It gets worse when you age like getting sunspots and wrinkles. Not good
@aecjohnson Personally, if I lived in the paleolithic I’d move. Deserts = death, not home. Unless there’s no place viable nearby, in which case you better do like the Arabs do.
I came across this diet on a web site about coming off birth control pills (I regret taking them in the 1st place every single day!!!). Totally willing to give it a try, cause even years after coming off of it, my health is as messed up as it can be. Do you think Paleo diet would help me cleanse my body of BCP? Have you heard of any such progress? I also became allergic to the sun cause of BCP, not sure how I’d react to the supplements… Thanks in advance!
Clearly the levels of sun exposure we should get is determined by the colour of our skin. Melanin blocks the quantity of sunlight that enters our skin, which is important for the production of vitamin D. Experts recommend black people to spend more time in the Sun, especially if they live in cold places. White people were in places with less sun, lowering their melanin, and the cold made them go with more clothes, limiting the skin exposed to the Sun, so they can produce vitamin D with less sun.
@Rambo61989 You’d be hard-pressed to find that sunscreens actually increase the chance of metastatic melanoma by 75%. Sun damage may contribute to cancer if you’re burned, but this is the topical, non-metastasizing form of cancer that’s easily treated. The products used in sunscreens are absorbed into the skin and do far more damage.
Lots of interesting stuff. What’s your take on sun glasses? I’ve been thinking about investing a pair to protect my eyes from what people say might be prone to things like cataracts, or UV damage. I know sun glasses are brand new; do you think there’s any merit in shades?
@paynowlivelater no its not too rational but no one said you had to do exactly whats in the videos did they? with time our brains got bigger and i think its time you used yours to best incorporate this diet into your everyday life. Unless thats just too hard
@Rambo61989 I am also pale, blue-eyed and have lots of irregular moles. I believe the advice in the video is applicable to people like us as much as anyone else. The key is not to burn.
@paynowlivelater I’m in the UK too, but I still fail at getting the balance right. The weather’s been beautiful here the past week or so, but after being out for half an hour without lotion, I got burned, and I’m paying for it now. When the weather’s nice like this, how long is enough? (And that’s with 3/4 length sleeves, and jeans, so not all that much skin ‘out’.)
What about those of us who already have a high risk of skin cancer? I’m pale, blue-eyed, have( a lot of) irregular moles, and a family history of malignant melanoma. My dermatologist says avoid sunlight like the plague.
I must say, as a begining paleo, these videos are great. They embody a lot of ideas I have had for a long time and put them into very easy to understand ways. Also for visual learners like myself, the combination between pictures and text really helps comprehension. Thanks alot for making these!
@paynowlivelater wouldn’t most white people’s more recent ancestor’s being as Europe was so cold back then have been dressed more like Eskimos than like that the cave man?
the lack of sun light, and the need for being the cause of the loss of melanin modern man doesn’t where any more than snow gear aren’t we kind of OK? or maybe they were not getting what was best for them really…
Paleo people really didn’t think stuff through when they decided to move north of the polar circle where the sun rises once a year in springs and descends once a year in autumns.
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10-15 years ago, this type of thinking would have been thought of as hippy-like, and laughed at.
Take a spoonful of tomato paste with meals(no joke) and it will help if you burn easily. Google it if you’re doubtful.
Agree with Aecjohnson. I now wear sunscreen almost everyday. I over did sun exposure and have very few sunspots on arms and face. Not much! but I am aware. Enough of this leads to skin cancer. Great vids about eating/exercising. I agree with them. But ppl can get vitmain D elsewhere. Most of the time the sun does more harm than good. Also looking tan is not a sign of healthy skin. You’re doing damage. It gets worse when you age like getting sunspots and wrinkles. Not good
make it 4.5 million and i slap my anthropological seal of approval on all of it
great job tho.
Lol @ the Simpsons.
I’ve been wondering about this, too! I LOVE THIS CONCEPT–the more I’m learning, the more I like it! 
our ancestors rested under trees and in caves! they didn’t chill on the beach all day…especially in winter lol
@aecjohnson Personally, if I lived in the paleolithic I’d move. Deserts = death, not home. Unless there’s no place viable nearby, in which case you better do like the Arabs do.
I came across this diet on a web site about coming off birth control pills (I regret taking them in the 1st place every single day!!!). Totally willing to give it a try, cause even years after coming off of it, my health is as messed up as it can be. Do you think Paleo diet would help me cleanse my body of BCP? Have you heard of any such progress? I also became allergic to the sun cause of BCP, not sure how I’d react to the supplements… Thanks in advance!
@CollectiveExperience I don’t bother with them. I also read that fleeting exposure to sun is good for the eyes
Clearly the levels of sun exposure we should get is determined by the colour of our skin. Melanin blocks the quantity of sunlight that enters our skin, which is important for the production of vitamin D. Experts recommend black people to spend more time in the Sun, especially if they live in cold places. White people were in places with less sun, lowering their melanin, and the cold made them go with more clothes, limiting the skin exposed to the Sun, so they can produce vitamin D with less sun.
@Rambo61989 You’d be hard-pressed to find that sunscreens actually increase the chance of metastatic melanoma by 75%. Sun damage may contribute to cancer if you’re burned, but this is the topical, non-metastasizing form of cancer that’s easily treated. The products used in sunscreens are absorbed into the skin and do far more damage.
Lots of interesting stuff. What’s your take on sun glasses? I’ve been thinking about investing a pair to protect my eyes from what people say might be prone to things like cataracts, or UV damage. I know sun glasses are brand new; do you think there’s any merit in shades?
@dblacky1977 Is there some way in which the guidance set out here does not apply because of the different ozone layer status?
Cavemen didn’t have to worry about a big hole in the ozone layer.
@an0m0nus our ancestry goes back much farther than europeans
@paynowlivelater no its not too rational but no one said you had to do exactly whats in the videos did they? with time our brains got bigger and i think its time you used yours to best incorporate this diet into your everyday life. Unless thats just too hard
@Rambo61989 I am also pale, blue-eyed and have lots of irregular moles. I believe the advice in the video is applicable to people like us as much as anyone else. The key is not to burn.
@paynowlivelater I’m in the UK too, but I still fail at getting the balance right. The weather’s been beautiful here the past week or so, but after being out for half an hour without lotion, I got burned, and I’m paying for it now. When the weather’s nice like this, how long is enough? (And that’s with 3/4 length sleeves, and jeans, so not all that much skin ‘out’.)
What about those of us who already have a high risk of skin cancer? I’m pale, blue-eyed, have( a lot of) irregular moles, and a family history of malignant melanoma. My dermatologist says avoid sunlight like the plague.
I must say, as a begining paleo, these videos are great. They embody a lot of ideas I have had for a long time and put them into very easy to understand ways. Also for visual learners like myself, the combination between pictures and text really helps comprehension. Thanks alot for making these!
@paynowlivelater wouldn’t most white people’s more recent ancestor’s being as Europe was so cold back then have been dressed more like Eskimos than like that the cave man?
the lack of sun light, and the need for being the cause of the loss of melanin modern man doesn’t where any more than snow gear aren’t we kind of OK? or maybe they were not getting what was best for them really…
does it mean we should stop using shampoos, conditioners, soaps…and use only water to wash bodies n hair
X-D @ 1:31 I’m currently on atkins but have been eating so much oily fish lately, I’ve been calling it “catkins”!
Paleo people really didn’t think stuff through when they decided to move north of the polar circle where the sun rises once a year in springs and descends once a year in autumns.