Dropping your top can save your life

[2019JLUS]

I have mine down as much as humanly possible. Even 5 minute drives to the store.

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[AndySpill]

While there are studies linking Vitamin "D" to the reduction of some cancers, and sun exposure does increase vitamin "D" production, that same Vitamin "D" can be acquired through purchase and ingestion of same, without the risks of increased cancer risks from skin cancer.

Look: everything in moderation. Pop your top, live life, wear sunscreen, dance naked every now and then and live/enjoy life. Infrequent top droppage and/or short trips (without sun protection) of same likely won't adversely effect your health. But don't run topless believing that it's an effective way to improve your physical health, maybe just your mental health.

 

[grimmjeeper]

It's amazing what kinds of videos you can find on the interner.

I bet you can also find videos saying the exact opposite about exposure to sun.

It's on the internet. It must be true!

 

[Remorseless]

It's amazing what kinds of videos you can find on the interner.

Just watch out for the videos you find on the intern, those can be a little saucy

 

[Twisted10]

 

[autotragic]

Just watch out for the videos you find on the intern, those can be a little saucy

 

[Remorseless]

They probably also don't know that the second person really needs to learn to stay on top of their laundry

 

[jeepingib]

Just watch out for the videos you find on the intern, those can be a little saucy

 

[autotragic]

They probably also don't know that the second person really needs to learn to stay on top of their laundry

 

[Twisted10]

oh you guys are so silly

 

[autotragic]

oh you guys are so silly

 

[phageghost]

While there are studies liking Vitamin "D" to the reduction of some cancers, and sun exposure does increase vitamin "D" production, that same Vitamin "D" can be acquired through purchase and ingestion of same, without the risks of increased cancer risks from skin cancer.

Look: everything in moderation. Pop your top, live life, wear sunscreen, dance naked every now and then and live/enjoy life. Infrequent top droppage and/or short trips of same likely won't adversely effect your health. But don't run topless believing that it's an effective way to improve your physical health, maybe just your mental health.

Interestingly, there are some lines of evidence linking UV exposure to production of nitric oxide and release of anti-inflammatory cytokines, which have beneficial effects on blood pressure and modulating auto-immune condition, these are independent of its effect on vitamin D production (which mostly hasn't been shown to do much, contrary to much hype and hope). And a big cohort study in Sweden found significant increases in all-cause mortality among sun-avoiders independent of Vitamin D levels, particularly for conditions that might be plausibly affected by the above mechanisms. Take this with a huge grain of salt, of course, given the potential for confounding in such studies:

Lindqvist, P. G., Epstein, E., Landin-Olsson, M., Ingvar, C., Nielsen, K., Stenbeck, M., & Olsson, H. (2014). Avoidance of sun exposure is a risk factor for all-cause mortality: results from the Melanoma in Southern Sweden cohort. Journal of Internal Medicine, 276(1), 77–86. doi:10.1111/joim.12251

And melanoma is a famously easy-to-treat, low-mortality cancer, so the risk balance is probably shifted toward more sun exposure than our popular culture would currently suggest.

 

[grimmjeeper]

Damn typos.

Not gonna fix it. Don't care.

 

[Terrymo]

 

[grimmjeeper]

Just be sure to use sunscreen.

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