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Sunscreen Made to Allow Vitamin D Production

February 8, 2016

Sunscreens protect the skin from skin cancer and premature aging, but they also inhibit the body’s ability to produce vitamin D by nearly 98%. It is estimated that 40% of children and 60% of adults are deficient in vitamin D, but people need to wear sunscreen for skin protection. Therefore, researchers developed a sunscreen that protects the skin while allowing the body to manufacture vitamin D from the sun.Sunscreen Formulations
Sunscreens are typically formulated with several compounds that absorb varying wavelengths of UVB radiation. T those ingrediehe creators of Solar D reorganizes those filters to provide the same SPF as regular sunscreen but allowed some UVB through for vitamin D productsion.Read more at Skin Inc.

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