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heard the sayings —
a little of what you
fancy will do you
good; what doesn’t
kill you makes you
stronger etc, except
now, when it comes
to sunbathing, it
seems that even
moderation may be
too much.
A new report from
the National Institute
for Health and Care
Excellence (NICE),
has stated that in fact,
there is no safe way
to suntan (even if you
already have a ‘base’
tan), and that the
benefits of absorbing
vitamin D from the
sun must be balanced
with the danger of
contracting skin
cancer (‘No safe way
to suntan, new NICE
guidance warns’—
www.bbc.co.uk).
DANGER SIGNS
Just how dangerous
is sunbathing? It
depends on which
research you read, but
the general consensus
seems to be,‘pretty
dangerous’. The
Daily Mail
highlights
a report stating that sunbathing is
more dangerous than driving a car,
with figures showing that more
people die from skin cancer every
year in the UK than are killed in
traffic accidents (‘How sunbathing is
more dangerous than driving: skin
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How much sun is too much?
T
he list of things we can’t do
seems to be getting longer
by the day. It used to be just
smoking and drinking that were
the main vices, but now there
seems to be no limit to the dangers
involved in simply living your life.
Chocolate? Too fattening. Exercise?
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Risk of arthritis. Coffee? Bad for
your heart. Sunbathing? Danger of
skin cancer.
How do you extract any pleasure
from life when everything that
tastes or feels good is forbidden?
Moderation, that’s how. We’ve all