Sun Screen Alternatives

June 21, 2022

Sunscreen is a great way to protect skin from harmful sun rays, but it also deprives us from much needed Vitamin D. The sun also provides an immune system boost, is great for our mental health, lowers blood pressure, and improves sleep. There are so many benefits we get from the sun, so let’s not avoid the sun completely.  Below are some great alternatives to sunscreen.  Still protecting your skin from the harmful rays, while still receiving the benefits of sunrays. 

Pop Up Tent

These are very versatile and oddly enough quite easy to construct.  It provides great coverage for a small group when at the beach or even the park.

 

Umbrella 

Everyone loves a beach umbrella.  There are always a variety of colors and even sizes, ranging from large ones to cover a patio to small ones for only one person.  

Sun Shirts 

These shirts provide SPF protection without any harmful chemicals such as Oxybenzone, avobenzone, benzene which are known carcinogens and have been linked to hormone disruption, aquatic toxicity harming marine life, and allergic reactions.  

All-natural sunscreen 

There are many sunscreen products out there that are free of carcinogens, are reef safe, have no parabens and still provide great sun protection.  Some ingredients to look for in natural sunscreen are zinc oxide and titanium dioxide.  For a list of some safer sunscreens click here.

 

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