The Best Sunscreen

With summer just around the corner, you’re probably ready to stock up on sunscreen. Unfortunately, most conventional sunscreens in drug stores or grocery stores are full of harsh, toxic chemicals. Your skin is the largest organ covering the body’s entire external surface. When you apply sunscreen, your skin can absorb that substance into your bloodstream. If those substances are harmful, it can lead to issues such as hormone disruption or allergic reactions.

While exposure to small amounts of toxins in sunscreen may not seem significant, it’s important to consider the broader picture. The average person uses over 15 personal care products daily, each containing hundreds of chemical ingredients. Add to this the exposure to pesticides, tap water, and various artificial food ingredients, and our toxic load can increase significantly without our awareness. Our liver and kidneys work to filter these toxins, eliminating them through urine, feces, and sweat. However, if our toxic load exceeds our body’s capacity to filter and eliminate, it can lead to inflammation, endocrine disruption, gut issues, and even autoimmune diseases.

Some of the most harmful ingredients in sunscreen include Homosalate, Oxybenzone, Octinoxate, Octocrylene, Parabens, and Retinyl Palmitate. These ingredients are not only harmful to humans but they’ve also been found to pose harm to coral reefs and other marine life. So what type of sunscreen should you look for instead? For broad-spectrum coverage against UVA and UVB rays, opt for a mineral-based sunscreen with “non-nano zinc oxide,” which does not penetrate the skin and enter the bloodstream, making it safe for all ages!

My all-time favorite sunscreen is a non-nano zinc oxide tallow sunscreen from Dakota Tallow. The ingredients are all natural and so nourishing. Use Discount Code THECHRONICLESOFACRUNCHYMOM for 10% off your purchase!