Is Sunscreen the New Margarine?

The article seems to be a meta analysis of a bunch of conflicting research to support a narrative that we don’t really know shit.

And fair, we don’t.

But a couple of things we do know that weren’t covered - egregiously so - is that aging is UV damage. Sometimes called photoaging, wrinkles, sun spots, discoloration, fine lines, grey hair, all of that shit that you associate with someone visibly looking old is sun damage.

So the picture that the article paints of some pasty nerds in offices shielding themselves from all UV and thus: they might as well be smoking… it doesn’t even touch on why people might be doing this.

Both kurgezadt and veritasium did some really great videos on photoaging and it’s worth checking out if this is new information to you.

So everything in moderation? Cool, glad my philosophy still applies.

No. It is terrible on noodles. Every brand.

It’s great that people are finally talking about this. It should have been obvious that sun exposure without sunscreen is needed to some extent. If you’re blocking the UV all the time, then how could you possibly be getting the minimum UV exposure that you do need. But people have become absolutely obsessed with sun protection.

tl;dr you probably should get a few minutes of sunlight daily on your unexposed skin without sunscreen for the "health gains"

(you can also wear clothes to block sun instead of sunscreen so you don't necessarily need sunscreen at all)