Re: Distance Running Is Tied to Skin Cancer Risk - Dougie Freese, what's up with that?


NoOption5L@xxxxxxx wrote:
TC wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/health/21baka.html?ref=sports

The answer is right here.

"Dr. Ambros-Rudolph emphasized that the main problem, for both casual
runners and extreme exercisers, is sun exposure."

If sun exposure is the key, why hasn't there been historically high
skin cancer levels in sunnier climates? Why is skin cancer such a
concern in northern latitudes?


That's why you wear a loose fitting white t-shirt, use suncreen, wear
sunglasses, and do your running in early morning or in the evening.

Did you know that in Australia, skin cancers have increased with the
use of sun screen????


Sun exposure may not be the only risk factor that distance runners
face. The authors write that although there is no question that regular
exercise is important to good health, there is good evidence that
high-intensity training and excessive exercise can lead to suppressed
immune function.

Yes, there's no question a long run/race drains you. You do feel it
for the next 24 hours or so. But afterwards you relax, eat lots of
fruits veggies, whole grains and some good lean protein and you bounce
right back. A couple few days later you're chomping at the bit and
ready to rip it up again, and do it just a little better. It's a
desire any athlete can relate to.

Patrick

And yet, they still get a statisctically significant increased risk in
skin cancers.

TC

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