A complete guide to sun exposure ☀️🌞

Hello everyone! It is summertime and the sun is shining brightly in the sky; it's time to talk about sun exposure ! We are constantly bombarded with messages that sun exposure can cause sunspots, burns, wrinkles, tissue damage and skin cancer. The truth is that the only proven health risk so far is too much sun exposure. The intensity of sunlight and especially UV-rays is much lower in the early morning and late afternoon , than around midday. Thus during such periods, you can enjoy the production of vitamin D without getting too many UV-rays on you which can cause skin burns, cancer, etc. The best-known benefit of sun exposure is vitamin D synthesis , which occurs in the skin in response to the sun’s UVB rays. The sun is at its highest between 11 a.m.(11:00) and 4 p.m.(16:00) but that doesn't mean the sun can't be damaging before or after these times. You should be aware of your local UV index . To calculate the right UV dose