What is moderate UV exposure?
Moderate exposure is the most responsible way to maximize the potential benefits of sun or UV exposure while minimizing the potential risks associated with either too much or too little sunlight. Avoiding sunburns is critical to moderation. Experiencing painful sunburns before the age of 20 – not lifetime exposure to the sun – is the factor associated with an increased risk of malignant melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer (8). According to Dr. Holick, optimal sunlight exposure time – and, in turn, optimal vitamin D production – will vary according to skin color, location, and time of year. African-Americans, Hispanics and people with a Mediterranean heritage require more exposure. Blue-eyed, redheads from northern Europe require far less. The one basic rule that applies to everyone is: AVOID SUN BURN. It is the burning of the skin and chronic excessive exposures – not the limited, sensible exposure to ultraviolet light or sunlight – that creates the risk of skin cancer.
Moderate exposure is the most responsible way to maximize the potential benefits of sun or UV exposure while minimizing the potential risks associated with either too much or too little sunlight. Avoiding sunburns is critical to moderation. Experiencing painful sunburns before the age of 20—not lifetime exposure to the sun—is the factor associated with an increased risk of malignant melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer (8). According to Dr. Holick, optimal sunlight exposure time—and, in turn, optimal vitamin D production—will vary according to skin color, location, and time of year. African-Americans, Hispanics and people with a Mediterranean heritage require more exposure. Blue-eyed, redheads from northern Europe require far less. The one basic rule that applies to everyone is: AVOID SUN BURN. It is the burning of the skin and chronic excessive exposures—not the limited, sensible exposure to ultraviolet light or sunlight—that creates the risk of skin cancer.
Moderate exposure is the most responsible way to maximize the potential benefits of sun or UV exposure while minimizing the potential risks associated with either too much or too little sunlight. Avoiding sunburns is critical to moderation. Experiencing painful sunburns before the age of 20-not lifetime exposure to the sun-is the factor associated with an increased risk of malignant melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer. According to Dr. Holick, optimal sunlight exposure time-and, in turn, optimal vitamin D production-will vary according to skin color, location, and time of year. African-Americans, Hispanics and people with a Mediterranean heritage require more exposure. Blue-eyed, redheads from northern Europe require far less. The one basic rule that applies to everyone is: AVOID SUN BURN. It is the burning of the skin and chronic excessive exposures-not the limited, sensible exposure to ultraviolet light or sunlight-that creates the risk of skin cancer.
