By: TsianinaTala

TsianinaTala
Thu, 01 Feb 2018 04:42:17 +0000

Someone above posted a video on an experiment they did and concluded or seemed to concluded that red raspberry seed oil has no or may have no sun protective qualities. However, their study was flawed and irrelevant for reasons I'll explain, although I appreciate their search for the truth and critical thinking. Their study is based on BLOCKING UV light which is what zinc oxide and titanium oxides are able to achieve (but zinc oxide is safer and titanium oxide may potentially cause damage as it reacts negatively to light), however the way the sun protective compounds work from natural antioxidants is NOT by blocking the uv rays but rather by quenching free radicals produced by them. So this study only shows that antioxidants do not block light from entering the skin, which was never the claim. Actually chemical sunscreens are made to try to mimic antioxidants in that the lab produced chemicals neutralize free radicals from UV light, however it turns out that the chemicals are actually harmful to our skin and bodies.? All the better that you can receive the highly beneficial light we've evolved to live in for millions of years, while protecting the skin with topical antioxidants at the same time! Of course I agree that if you're out in the sun for long periods at a time (swimming, biking, boating,etc.), adding some zinc oxide is a good idea.