Putting aside Neal's racism, tans (any tan) is not healthy.
Ask any dermitologist.

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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Tans are healthy and are triggered by exposure to the sun to protect your
epidermal layer from UV radiation. There is nothing unhealthy about a tan.
What's unhealthy is basting yourself in oil and baking in the noonday sun.
Anemic white is not healthy unless you live underground or are unable to
produce the melanin required to darken the skin colour during exposure.

CM

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| Perhaps
| you should work on your tan.
|
| Tans are unhealthy!
|
| RB

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message

| Putting aside Neal's racism, tans (any tan) is not healthy.
| Ask any dermitologist.

I did Ganz.... my dermatologist says there is nothing wrong with a tan and
that my maintaining a tan all year round is better than burning in
seasonally. Moderation is the key here... maintain a tan and don't burn.
It's the burn that damages your skin. I'm not saying nor have I implied that
constant extended exposure to solar radiation is healthy... just that having
an increased melanin content is not unhealthy. I have heard that sun
exposure is required for vitamin D... I'm not certain as to the validity of
that claim.

CM

Not burning seasonally is certainly less desireable than
burning seasonally. However, a tan is the body's defense
mechanism and damage. That's the bottom line.

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message

| Putting aside Neal's racism, tans (any tan) is not healthy.
| Ask any dermitologist.

I did Ganz.... my dermatologist says there is nothing wrong with a tan
and
that my maintaining a tan all year round is better than burning in
seasonally. Moderation is the key here... maintain a tan and don't burn.
It's the burn that damages your skin. I'm not saying nor have I implied
that
constant extended exposure to solar radiation is healthy... just that
having
an increased melanin content is not unhealthy. I have heard that sun
exposure is required for vitamin D... I'm not certain as to the validity
of
that claim.

CM

No it's not the bottom line.... a tan is not from damaged skin.... it's the
result of the body releasing a natural protective pigment. You do not need
to damage your skin to tan.

CM

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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| Not burning seasonally is certainly less desireable than
| burning seasonally. However, a tan is the body's defense
| mechanism and damage. That's the bottom line.

Okay Mooron, enough of this. Tanning is a bad thing. Tan sking ALWAYS indicates
some level of damage.

Providing a definition of "tanning" isn't as stupid as it seems. A tan
occurs when the skin absorbs ultraviolet radiation (commonly called "UV rays").
As a response, the skin produces a substance known as melanin, which darkens
the skin's outer layers. While many believe that a tan makes us appear
healthier, a tan is actually a sign that the skin has been damaged. It's
similar to the beginning stages of a burn.

And there you have it.

RB

That's as disputed as anything causing cancer in mice because they were
subjected to abnormal amounts of any substance.

20 years ago they claimed eating more than 2 eggs a week would guarantee a
heart attack..... now they figured out there are two kinds of cholesterol.
Suddenly eating eggs is good for you. Now they say milk is bad for you. They
claimed drinking any type of alcohol was unhealthy... now they revised that
and claim that some alcohol is actually good for you.

Look Bob... a Tan is a normal healthy reaction to exposure to the sun. We
are born naked and learned to deal with our environment. What sent the
cancer rates soaring are the idiots who bake in grease for 3 hours a day in
the noon day sun to alter the colour of their skin.... victims of fashion.

It is now becoming once again fashionable to be alabaster white like it was
in the Victorian times. This too will fade away in time.....

I would suggest to you that since you live in a highly artificial
environment and are subject to media over-exposure of the current trends in
fashion, dieting, thinking and moods of the scientific community... your
time should be better spent on concerns to the damage that breathing all the
carcinogenic compounds saturated in your city atmosphere will cause....
rather than natural sunlight and fresh air.

CM



"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| Okay Mooron, enough of this. Tanning is a bad thing. Tan sking ALWAYS
indicates
| some level of damage.
|
| Providing a definition of "tanning" isn't as stupid as it seems. A tan
| occurs when the skin absorbs ultraviolet radiation (commonly called "UV
rays").
| As a response, the skin produces a substance known as melanin, which
darkens
| the skin's outer layers. While many believe that a tan makes us appear
| healthier, a tan is actually a sign that the skin has been damaged. It's
| similar to the beginning stages of a burn.
|
| And there you have it.
|
| RB

remember when they claimed 'mothers' milk' was bad for babies?

Scotty

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...
That's as disputed as anything causing cancer in mice because they were
subjected to abnormal amounts of any substance.

20 years ago they claimed eating more than 2 eggs a week would guarantee a
heart attack..... now they figured out there are two kinds of cholesterol.
Suddenly eating eggs is good for you. Now they say milk is bad for you.
They
claimed drinking any type of alcohol was unhealthy... now they revised
that
and claim that some alcohol is actually good for you.

Look Bob... a Tan is a normal healthy reaction to exposure to the sun. We
are born naked and learned to deal with our environment. What sent the
cancer rates soaring are the idiots who bake in grease for 3 hours a day
in
the noon day sun to alter the colour of their skin.... victims of
fashion.

It is now becoming once again fashionable to be alabaster white like it
was
in the Victorian times. This too will fade away in time.....

I would suggest to you that since you live in a highly artificial
environment and are subject to media over-exposure of the current trends
in
fashion, dieting, thinking and moods of the scientific community... your
time should be better spent on concerns to the damage that breathing all
the
carcinogenic compounds saturated in your city atmosphere will cause....
rather than natural sunlight and fresh air.

CM



"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
| Okay Mooron, enough of this. Tanning is a bad thing. Tan sking ALWAYS
indicates
| some level of damage.
|
| Providing a definition of "tanning" isn't as stupid as it seems. A
tan
| occurs when the skin absorbs ultraviolet radiation (commonly called "UV
rays").
| As a response, the skin produces a substance known as melanin, which
darkens
| the skin's outer layers. While many believe that a tan makes us appear
| healthier, a tan is actually a sign that the skin has been damaged. It's
| similar to the beginning stages of a burn.
|
| And there you have it.
|
| RB

And more...

Even tanning slowly and carefully is dangerous. Darrell Rigel, M.D.,
clinical assistant professor of dermatology at New York University,
Manhattan, maintains, There's no such thing as a safe tan. That's the key
point. You have to think about why you tan. The body senses that it is being
injured by UV radiation and, to protect itself, it produces melanin.
(Melanin is the body's natural sun block, the dark pigment that skin cells
produce to block out damaging rays and that cause tanning.)

But further damage occurs at the cellular level, he explains. When the sun
hits the skin, the DNA in the skin cells gets distorted. Think of the DNA
in the cell as a spiral staircase," he says. What happens is that the two
chains of the DNA are no longer connected and the stairs go off at a funny
angle. Normal people have the enzyme that attempts to repair the damage.?
But, he adds, the repair is never total; some damage always remains, and it
accumulates over the years.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message ...
And more...

Even tanning slowly and carefully is dangerous. Darrell Rigel, M.D.,
clinical assistant professor of dermatology at New York University,
Manhattan, maintains, There's no such thing as a safe tan. That's the key
point. You have to think about why you tan. The body senses that it is being
injured by UV radiation and, to protect itself, it produces melanin.
(Melanin is the body's natural sun block, the dark pigment that skin cells
produce to block out damaging rays and that cause tanning.)

The body does not sense it is being injured. The skin reacts to the UV
and produces melanin to KEEP the skin from being injured. This doctor
us an idiot educated in a liberal university that is clearly teaching lies.


But further damage occurs at the cellular level, he explains. When the sun
hits the skin, the DNA in the skin cells gets distorted. Think of the DNA
in the cell as a spiral staircase," he says. What happens is that the two
chains of the DNA are no longer connected and the stairs go off at a funny
angle. Normal people have the enzyme that attempts to repair the damage.?
But, he adds, the repair is never total; some damage always remains, and it
accumulates over the years.

Wrong again. Melanin shades the living skin cells before they can sustain
damage to the DNA. And what's this nonsense about skin cell getting
distorted? Ha aha hhah ah ha ha ha hahahah! I suppose skin cells never
get distorted by movement? I guess they will be saying next "Don't move,
you'll distort your skin cells!!!". Ha ha hahhahah a ha hah ha ha hah!
See how stupid a liberal education makes people?

Seasonal Affective Disorder is cured by vitamin D.

What does that tell you about the importance of
getting some sun?


"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message ...

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message

| Putting aside Neal's racism, tans (any tan) is not healthy.
| Ask any dermitologist.

I did Ganz.... my dermatologist says there is nothing wrong with a tan and
that my maintaining a tan all year round is better than burning in
seasonally. Moderation is the key here... maintain a tan and don't burn.
It's the burn that damages your skin. I'm not saying nor have I implied that
constant extended exposure to solar radiation is healthy... just that having
an increased melanin content is not unhealthy. I have heard that sun
exposure is required for vitamin D... I'm not certain as to the validity of
that claim.

CM