“Over the 20 years of the study, sun avoiders were twice as likely to die as sun worshippers.”
A Swedish researcher tracked nearly 30,000 women for 20 years and found the sun avoiders died at twice the rate. Sunlight lowers blood pressure, and outdoor workers have half the melanoma rate of indoor workers. Skin cancer kills fewer than 3 in 100,000 Americans a year, while heart disease kills over a hundred times as many. Dermatology still preaches zero tolerance, and nobody gets sued for telling you to buy more sunscreen.