Avoiding Cancer Risks of Sun Damage

No matter where you live, the ongoing depletion of the ozone layer increases your risk of skin cancer. Over the past 40 years, melanoma cases increased **800% for women and 400% for men. Non-melanoma cases increased 153%**for women and 64% for men. Skin cancer now accounts for over 40% of all cancers in the US.

Topical sun blocks aren’t putting a significant dent in the rates of skin cancer. Thankfully, researchers have found a unique botanical extract that, taken internally, protects skin from solar damage and minimizes the potentially lethal DNA mutations that occur from sun exposure.

Polypodium Leucotomos

Nearly a decade of rigorous research and clinical trials has shown that the fern plant * Polypodium leucotomos* has the uncanny ability to shield the skin against the dangerous effects of ultraviolet (UV) exposure.

Numerous studies demonstrate that Polypodium leucotomos reduces the number of sunburn cells following exposure to solar rays, protects against UV-induced DNA damage, reduces inflammation, influences the immune system, acts against tumors, and inhibits collagen-degrading enzymes.

Polypodium leucotomos specifically targets the skin — protecting from sunburn, cell death, DNA damage, and oxidant activity from both natural and artificial ultraviolet light.

In addition, a natural compound known as red orange complex has been shown to provide supplementary protection against UVB damage.

Together, these botanicals represent a meaningful internal strategy for protecting skin from both short-term damage (sunburn, sun poisoning) and long-term damage (wrinkles, skin cancer).