How UV Causes Cancer and Aging

UV at ground level is non-ionizing but it damages DNA and causes photoaging - how?
Also, it turns out glass doesn't block all UV (specifically UVA passes through). This is something I learned filming with the UV camera inside.
Special thanks to Dr. Hayley Golbach, @hayleysgold on twitter
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Ultraviolet light causes damage to DNA, leads to cancer and photoaging: age spots and wrinkles. I was curious about this because UV is technically non-ionizing. A photon of UV doesn't have enough energy to strip an electron off atoms or molecules. However it does have enough energy to trigger photo-chemical reactions. For example, it causes pyrimidine dimers - the unauthorized covalent bonding of adjacent thymine or cytosine bases in our DNA. If these spots are not properly repaired, they may lead to mutations and cancer. Photoaging is typically the result of degradation of collagen and elastin fibers - scaffolding that supports the skin. This leads to wrinkles and saggy-looking skin.
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  • @JarrodsTech
    @JarrodsTech5 жыл бұрын

    *sits inside consuming vitamin D tablets*

  • @thasonicfan2000

    @thasonicfan2000

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jarrod! Thanks for helping me find a laptop 👍

  • @MrShubham37

    @MrShubham37

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don't think you have watched vitamania

  • @goharawais5335

    @goharawais5335

    5 жыл бұрын

    cod liver oil all the way m8

  • @erickpeculiar823

    @erickpeculiar823

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just eat oranges

  • @DarylCarboxylate

    @DarylCarboxylate

    5 жыл бұрын

    Erick Peculiar orange doesn't have vitamin D

  • @kevins8646
    @kevins86465 жыл бұрын

    This is why I apply sunscreen on my windows.

  • @florisr9

    @florisr9

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @rockstar100ify

    @rockstar100ify

    5 жыл бұрын

    You're joking but window tint helps with harmful UV rays. It may not protect you entirely but it still helps! Get your car windows tinted people! If it's legal in your state.

  • @kklogins

    @kklogins

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rockstar100ify makes it really hard to see at night though. Not worth the increased risk of an accident in exchange for a little percent less UV. Just apply the cream mate.

  • @40seconds25

    @40seconds25

    5 жыл бұрын

    There are types of tint that are less dark than typical tint while being just as effective. Only issue is that it's more expensive. Look up ceramic tint.

  • @rockstar100ify

    @rockstar100ify

    5 жыл бұрын

    Danny M. Roque Carbon and Ceramic window film work differently than the cheapest film (dyed film) that obstruct your vision at night, and if you want to be extra cautious you can always get a lighter film (50% light & 35% medium) while still blocking a good amount of VLTR, UV & IR rays. Source: I am a residential and automobile window film installer.

  • @BhanuPChauhan
    @BhanuPChauhan5 жыл бұрын

    Video games are more effective than sunscreen to prevent sunburn.

  • @rewer

    @rewer

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bhanu Pratap Chauhan, lol

  • @videogyar2

    @videogyar2

    5 жыл бұрын

    In an alternate universe: Mom: Son come back inside, the Sun is bad for you. You have to play more video games.

  • @skop6321

    @skop6321

    5 жыл бұрын

    Anyone have a portal gun or something ? id love to "visit" this world and "meet" the other me.

  • @HuyV

    @HuyV

    5 жыл бұрын

    Seeing the amount of time people spend on mobile games....nope, not true

  • @lil_weasel219

    @lil_weasel219

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually screens produce some small amount of UV light, CFL backlight even causes quite a bit. Also the blue light from screens is bad for the eyes and endocrine system either way

  • @PowahSlapEntertainmint
    @PowahSlapEntertainmint5 жыл бұрын

    Ultra violet is too intense, I prefer regular violet.

  • @AbhayChandraYouTube

    @AbhayChandraYouTube

    5 жыл бұрын

    Medium rare violet.

  • @oskarkrogsgard3014

    @oskarkrogsgard3014

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wow you have two top comments, well done (pun intended)

  • @leonardofls91

    @leonardofls91

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tessa Violet

  • @childfs6865

    @childfs6865

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's ultra violent to your DNA!

  • @TheFourFats

    @TheFourFats

    5 жыл бұрын

    that’s the only mode I played Doom on

  • @shvrdecker7663
    @shvrdecker76635 жыл бұрын

    Being an introvert has never been safer!

  • @AMan-xz7tx

    @AMan-xz7tx

    5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Now i can live longer AND watch copious amounts of anime! Thanks veritasium! (^U^)

  • @tomasgarcia1576

    @tomasgarcia1576

    5 жыл бұрын

    Im arming myself with excuses ...

  • @Mormodes

    @Mormodes

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh man, if only you knew a year ago how much more true that is now!

  • @nnggghhaa3709

    @nnggghhaa3709

    2 жыл бұрын

    actually it is since you're probably getting no vitamin d

  • @beligosk

    @beligosk

    Жыл бұрын

    "Go outside and talk with the neighbour" "Cant, skin cancer everywhere"

  • @ZEbelgiumfreak
    @ZEbelgiumfreak5 жыл бұрын

    My butt is hairy and has stretch marks. I don't want my face to look like that, so I am fine without sunscreen, thanks.

  • @shanhussain6114

    @shanhussain6114

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol 😂

  • @L.A.97.

    @L.A.97.

    5 жыл бұрын

    Get zits on the butt too so...

  • @No-hf1xq

    @No-hf1xq

    5 жыл бұрын

    You don't have hair on your head?

  • @golanerr3230

    @golanerr3230

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gergely Abádi he said face and that’s not the same as head

  • @RomanoPRODUCTION

    @RomanoPRODUCTION

    5 жыл бұрын

    #SoSexy

  • @thewhitexican7075
    @thewhitexican7075 Жыл бұрын

    4 years later and your video is the only one that actually explained how radiation does damage. Love your vids

  • @playc.holder6432
    @playc.holder64325 жыл бұрын

    “Look at butts” -Veritasium 2018

  • @nuovoaccount998

    @nuovoaccount998

    20 күн бұрын

    Not valid for girls these days

  • @PowahSlapEntertainmint
    @PowahSlapEntertainmint5 жыл бұрын

    It's a good thing I never go outside...

  • @cup_check_official

    @cup_check_official

    5 жыл бұрын

    but you still age... So whose the winner here?

  • @rjpena6273

    @rjpena6273

    5 жыл бұрын

    but vitD

  • @2450logan

    @2450logan

    5 жыл бұрын

    Judging from your profile picture, you never went to art classes either.

  • @xiaoxiaoxiao686

    @xiaoxiaoxiao686

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tu Morrow me too

  • @danielm.6476

    @danielm.6476

    5 жыл бұрын

    Rj Pena vitD additives solve that problem

  • @TheExoplanetsChannel
    @TheExoplanetsChannel5 жыл бұрын

    Each of your videos is a joy !

  • @omerangi4695
    @omerangi46955 жыл бұрын

    From now on, whenever someone will ask me what is my favorite color I will give them a wavelength in nanometers.

  • @infinitiv525

    @infinitiv525

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sounds good, doesn't work for black

  • @beskamir5977

    @beskamir5977

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hue isn't the same thing as intensity. Wavelengths can basically only get you hue unless we consider a wavelength of 0nm to be lacking any signal and thus is black. For intensity you'd need to mention the amplitude or frequency (not sure which one? not a physicist) of the light you're referring to.

  • @miljantodorovic31

    @miljantodorovic31

    5 жыл бұрын

    Color is a lot more complicated than that. Not all light is monochromatic, for instance try to find the wavelength of pink. Beskamir you are talking about amplitude, since wavelength is pretty much determined by frequency.

  • @user-ef8kc4rv7n

    @user-ef8kc4rv7n

    5 жыл бұрын

    Colour is three-dimensional.

  • @gemgal68

    @gemgal68

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@beskamir5977 hmmm... since black means non of the wavelenghts in the visble light spectrum gets reflected to our eyes, u can probably define black as "except wavelength of XXX nm (red) to YYY nm (indigo/violet) ...

  • @CrucialMuzic
    @CrucialMuzic5 жыл бұрын

    Very well explained as usual. Love your videos :)

  • @nothingbutfunstuff8506
    @nothingbutfunstuff85065 жыл бұрын

    Dr.hayley's voice is awesome. *I love voices like that* . . . Btw he was just saying exactly whatever dr.hayley was saying with mild explanations, not fair man

  • @joubess
    @joubess3 жыл бұрын

    You didn't mention the one good thing you get from sun exposure to your skin that is vital to your health: vitamin D! The most bio-available form is from what is produced in your skin. You must get at least 10-30 minutes of unprotected sun exposure at least 3 times a week to make sufficient vitamin D in your skin to properly absorb calcium and phosphorus and make denser bones. I'd rather risk a few skin lesions from some unprotected sun exposure than a broken hip from severe bone loss. Since the sunscreen craze many more people have depleted their blood levels of vitamin D and are showing osteopenia and osteoporosis in hips, pelvises, femurs, and spines around age 55 on bone density scans. Get a little unprotected sun! It's good for your bones!

  • @iceapitsada1137

    @iceapitsada1137

    Жыл бұрын

    this deserves much more attention. thank u!!

  • @vichgold384

    @vichgold384

    Жыл бұрын

    Love it, thanks!!!

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much for this. I hope LOTS of people see it and take it seriously.

  • @NightFlutter
    @NightFlutter5 жыл бұрын

    the irony they are filming outside

  • @dhruvthakur1036

    @dhruvthakur1036

    5 жыл бұрын

    They didn't say outside was harmful dumbhead

  • @whatshisnamegain1

    @whatshisnamegain1

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@dhruvthakur1036 Who said they didn't put sunscreen before filming?

  • @herlock2

    @herlock2

    5 жыл бұрын

    So what? Because they are making a video about skin aging they should be in bunkers 5 meters underground in all next videos??

  • @MRrealmadridRaul

    @MRrealmadridRaul

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure that was a joke, you need to calm down.

  • @fgnoyola

    @fgnoyola

    5 жыл бұрын

    I doubt it,,, both are wearing make up.... unlikely...

  • @zvpunry1971
    @zvpunry19715 жыл бұрын

    Many day creams and similar cosmetic products contain UV protection, just like sunscreen, but it isn't mentioned on the label. It would be quite interesting to look at different products with that UV-camera. ;)

  • @MrWombatty
    @MrWombatty5 жыл бұрын

    Apparently cosmetics that have petroleum oil in them will also age your skin faster as it prevents your natural oils from functioning properly & the hydrocarbons can slowly destroy collagen in the skin (smoking also accelerates this aging process), so choosing a good sunscreen that doesn't damage your skin at the same time is also equally important! While my younger brother covers what's exposed as he runs a landscaping business working outside daily, he also is a redhead & fair-skinned like my sister (who fortunately moved to Estonia as hubby's family originated from there), & my older brother was blonde (now 61 & quite white), I look more like my father's side of the family! Even though I turn 60 in 15mths, I spent 18yrs after leaving high-school working long hours inside with little time off as my health was deteriorating, until eventually unable to work even part-time. Was finally diagnosed with ME/CFS over 20yrs ago with a back-injury & arthritis complicating things in the last 10yrs, but the strange thing is that despite feeling a lot older at times, people often mistakenly think I'm about 40ish as my skin isn't very sun-damaged & my thick hair has only a little grey (Prof. Brian Cox is greyer than me)! Also don't consume caffeine nor much alcohol (due to medications), so not sure whether they're contributing factors along with my genetic make-up! However, quality of life is still far more important than how we think others perceive us by the way we look!

  • @nickgoldyscreams
    @nickgoldyscreams5 жыл бұрын

    It's very respectful that you present information discovered for this video not SOLELY as YOUR idea.

  • @physikascience6078
    @physikascience60785 жыл бұрын

    Hi Derek! Just wanted to tell you that you inspire me sooo much. Ps. I love your telescope

  • @pjaa2008
    @pjaa20085 жыл бұрын

    I love this! It'll be great for introducing what sun does on a cellular to my daughter, who has XP, to people who can't quite wrap their head around it.

  • @nickipelazza8727
    @nickipelazza87275 жыл бұрын

    The best anti-aging cream is called sunscreen!

  • @nickipelazza8727

    @nickipelazza8727

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sunscreen before going outside (ideally even indoor if you're behind a window) + a retinoid before bed is the best anti-aging combo for your skin. Ask any dermatologist and I don't think they will disagree

  • @martinsthalles

    @martinsthalles

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sunscreen *is* great for anti-aging of your skin, but remember to get your vitamin D or your bones will suffer a bit.

  • @whateverppl1229

    @whateverppl1229

    5 жыл бұрын

    nah, the best anti-aging cream is a windowless room that you never leave

  • @JaviGis

    @JaviGis

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Democracy/anarchy is minority gang/scum rule educate yourself with different sources. And try to spend an hour without sunscream in the Sahara. Let's see if your skin is more or less damaged by the sun than if it would have had sunscream on.

  • @JaviGis

    @JaviGis

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Democracy/anarchy is minority gang/scum rule literally in just a google search you can find trustworthy information as such: "You may have heard rumors that instead of protecting against melanoma, sunscreen actually causes the disease. However, comprehensive review of all studies from 1966 to 2003 found no evidence that sunscreen increases melanoma risk.5,6" With different and recent studies that back it up. Smh, there's always that someone who's against of anything regardless of the stupidity of their position.

  • @irandom419
    @irandom4195 жыл бұрын

    As someone that suffers from a condition exacerbated by UV I'd like to make one point. The windshield is a sandwich with plastic in the middle that better blocks uv than the single plate glass used on all the other windows. I'd always feel better in the car when driving northbound and that tidbit helped me manage my disorder.

  • @mohammadaniyal
    @mohammadaniyal5 жыл бұрын

    Derick, the physicist whose more interested in biology than physics

  • @23Scadu

    @23Scadu

    5 жыл бұрын

    All biology is physics. (All physics is maths.)

  • @Boog_masskway

    @Boog_masskway

    5 жыл бұрын

    Both chemistry and biology are just applied physics at different levels of abstraction

  • @mohammadaniyal

    @mohammadaniyal

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just to clarify, I love biology and physics and i like dericks videos i just commented this for nothing particular

  • @mohammadaniyal

    @mohammadaniyal

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@23Scadu there is fair bit of chemistry involved as well what about that?

  • @23Scadu

    @23Scadu

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@mohammadaniyal I would refer you to boog_masskwé's comment.

  • @TommoCarroll
    @TommoCarroll5 жыл бұрын

    I always make sure I put sunscreen on bananas, wouldn't want them to peel 🍌

  • @cavemann_

    @cavemann_

    5 жыл бұрын

    You made me spit my water!

  • @ricklaxative1688

    @ricklaxative1688

    5 жыл бұрын

    don't rub on them too much they might become harder 💀

  • @TommoCarroll

    @TommoCarroll

    5 жыл бұрын

    CircleNoob, I wake up every day with the aim of making some one spit their water. I'm happy you got to be that person! :)

  • @annatsukiya

    @annatsukiya

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aspect Science Goal achieved. LOL

  • @Marci124
    @Marci1245 жыл бұрын

    I haven't been this satisfied with a Veritasium video for a long time. Lately I felt some parts are overexplained, other areas I'm interested in unexplored. This one had good pacing and was not too obvious.

  • @waynecanning7471
    @waynecanning74715 жыл бұрын

    You didn't mention anything about the benefits of sunlight. Surely there must be some?

  • @loluser124

    @loluser124

    5 жыл бұрын

    Vitamin D synthesis.

  • @RapierNeedleCrime

    @RapierNeedleCrime

    5 жыл бұрын

    also they are psychological benefits, getting outside and moving around makes you feel better and can help to deal with depression among other things

  • @jamesmnguyen

    @jamesmnguyen

    5 жыл бұрын

    Also there's a correlation (not causation) that sunlight reduces the chance of needing glasses.

  • @dennisvanruijven4489

    @dennisvanruijven4489

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lowers blood pressure actually by generating nitric oxide. Makes you feel good by generating POMC.

  • @t-.-t.

    @t-.-t.

    5 жыл бұрын

    As someone who was severely vit D deficient. My readings was 5 ( < 20 is severe deficency) The benifits of sunlight is a miracle! I had depression, severe memory loss, i couldnt even stand straight because of my stabbing backpain, muscle pain. I was put on very high dosage of vitD. In a month I felt alive and i feel a 100 times better than before.

  • @feykroTV
    @feykroTV5 жыл бұрын

    This video is a great warning against both skin and throat cancer, yay !

  • @Lugmillord
    @Lugmillord5 жыл бұрын

    Ha! Skin cancer can't reach me! I'm a cave-dwelling nerd.

  • @drizzlingrose

    @drizzlingrose

    5 жыл бұрын

    random chance doe :O

  • @destroya3303

    @destroya3303

    5 жыл бұрын

    You'll just get every other kind of cancer then

  • @lil_weasel219

    @lil_weasel219

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, melanoma will reach you harder. Other types of skin cancer however? Extremely easily. Overall you are more likely to get skin cancer in fact.

  • @mykevelli
    @mykevelli5 жыл бұрын

    One of the things I've always wondered is if the same rays that cause skin damage are the ones that tan our skin. Is it possible to separate the two and come up with some form of safe tanning or are they literally two effects of the same thing?

  • @lunkel8108

    @lunkel8108

    5 жыл бұрын

    They are kinda the same thing. Both are caused by exposure to UV radiation, however the damage is a direct result of it and tanning is a defense mechanism of your body against UV. That's why people with dark skin sometimes have to take vitamin D supplements when they live further away from the equator, their skin blocks out too much UV.

  • @wana2dmaxmax233

    @wana2dmaxmax233

    9 ай бұрын

    You could always use a tanning lotion

  • @nuovoaccount998

    @nuovoaccount998

    20 күн бұрын

    no they're the same, melanin is a defense from happening dna damage

  • @thej9589
    @thej95892 жыл бұрын

    This is the best sunscreen commercial I ever seen!

  • @micahphilson
    @micahphilson5 жыл бұрын

    Did he take that clip at the end from How To Make Everything, when they made sunscreen with Physics Girl? I'm not mad or anything, I love that it means he saw that episode and loved it and wanted to use a clip from their video!

  • @micahphilson

    @micahphilson

    5 жыл бұрын

    I've been a *HUGE* fan of HTME since late last year, and I'm constantly astounded at how underrated they are, it's so great to see them becoming so much more recognized recently!

  • @canaldoxerxes
    @canaldoxerxes5 жыл бұрын

    How UV causes cancer: it plays Fortnite into your DNA.

  • @florisr9

    @florisr9

    5 жыл бұрын

    Makes sense since Fortine = cancer

  • @canaldoxerxes

    @canaldoxerxes

    5 жыл бұрын

    Exactly!

  • @AxiomIndustries

    @AxiomIndustries

    5 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @deathIeaf

    @deathIeaf

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @wyattb3138

    @wyattb3138

    5 жыл бұрын

    I understand now -0-

  • @lil_weasel219
    @lil_weasel2195 жыл бұрын

    Avoiding sunlight completely however causes depression, sleep disturbances and causes certain types of skin cancer (lack of UVB exposure coupled with certain mutagenic chemicals in sunscreens). So avoiding the sun is also bad, find the golden middle expose moderately, not go out for 5 hours and cake yourself in sunscreen.

  • @Goatly1

    @Goatly1

    Жыл бұрын

    Balance is everything 🔑

  • @alexandrathearmy8464

    @alexandrathearmy8464

    10 ай бұрын

    Caking yourself in sunscreen does you a favor,because vitamin d gets broken down by UVA exposure.

  • @juli3836

    @juli3836

    3 ай бұрын

    Avoid sunlight completely, use sunscreen and take vitamin d supplements.

  • @nuovoaccount998

    @nuovoaccount998

    20 күн бұрын

    I think you missed the point, avoiding uv doesn't

  • @bennguyen1313
    @bennguyen13134 жыл бұрын

    There was a great HumanOS podcast episode (#66), that talks about the complexities of UVA/B, and could explain why Vit-D supplementation trials have not been very promising, as it may be due to UV , Ntric Oxide , Interleukin-33, cytokine, etc. For example, UVB and UVA tends to activate regulatory B cells that *dampen the adaptive* anti-tumor/immune system.. which could be the reason why autoimmune diseases tend to increase as you go further from the equator. However, this immune system suppression may also lead to more cancers. Interestingly, UV tends to *increase the innate* immune system, useful for bacterial infections. And while long term UVA exposure is associated with Accelerated Aging/skin cancer, even low doses of UV are associated with keratinocyte/non-melanoma skin cancers. But on the flip side, UVA appears to lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of CVD. Most surprisingly, however, is that while short high exposure of UVB can lead to menaloma skin cancers, it may help with weight loss.. DESPITE the fact that UVB prevents the HFHSD-induced Uncoupling-Protein-1 in Brown-Adipose-Tissue from activating.. so the weight loss must be due to something else (UV-induced cytokines like IL-33, NitricOxide, Hydrocarbon signaling in the Liver, etc). BTW, Chris Masterjohn mentions how ultraviolet destroys riboflavin (as does losing weight/exercise)! See 23127244 for how microbes can also lead to autoimmune diseases.

  • @indrashispowali
    @indrashispowali Жыл бұрын

    It's always FUN watching Veritasium

  • @Imilmano
    @Imilmano5 жыл бұрын

    4:30 Hey Veritasium, Derek here.

  • @abhijithravikumar5300

    @abhijithravikumar5300

    5 жыл бұрын

    Where are your dinosaurs?

  • @abhijithravikumar5300

    @abhijithravikumar5300

    5 жыл бұрын

    *Uncomfortable pause ensues*

  • @leebee1100

    @leebee1100

    5 жыл бұрын

    Abhijith Ravikumar lol omg this thread was so worth my endless scrolling

  • @quahntasy
    @quahntasy5 жыл бұрын

    Its a good thing i never go outside. I will now sit inside and eat up vitamin D tablets.

  • @49metal
    @49metal5 жыл бұрын

    So, can this effect manifest at certain concentrations of longer EM wavelengths, like visible light and, you know, radio? (Asking for a friend.)

  • @kylehughes7826
    @kylehughes78265 жыл бұрын

    If a glass window is tinted, does that help restrict the amount of UVA rays that pass through?

  • @VorpalGun
    @VorpalGun5 жыл бұрын

    What about vitamin D tough? Since I live in northern Scandinavia I have always heard we need to make use of what little sun we get to get enough vitamin D.

  • @linkinl1

    @linkinl1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Supplements, super cheap

  • @maciejp7829

    @maciejp7829

    5 жыл бұрын

    15 minutes of sun while walking to work is enough

  • @YszapHun

    @YszapHun

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maciej P but what if you don't get sunlight for literally 5 months?

  • @linkinl1

    @linkinl1

    5 жыл бұрын

    +YszapHun suppppleeements

  • @maciejp7829

    @maciejp7829

    5 жыл бұрын

    YszapHun even if you have the sun just above the horizon line, that's enough, maybe then some more time than 15 minutes of that sun

  • @steveoh9025
    @steveoh90255 жыл бұрын

    @ Veritasium This video has me wishing for more detailed investigation into other forms of non-ionizing radiation e.g. WiFi and 4G or 5G.. some researchers say it isn't as safe as the consensus has been presuming. Any chance for a vid on that?

  • @jaxleigh7335

    @jaxleigh7335

    5 жыл бұрын

    Steve Oh That’s more likely causing all cancer not the sun. Great message bro 👍

  • @steveoh9025

    @steveoh9025

    5 жыл бұрын

    @aud_io worried? no. curious about where the frequency range for health impacts from non- ionizing radiation begins? yes. As far as I can tell, no once has approached a determination specifically.

  • @steveoh9025

    @steveoh9025

    5 жыл бұрын

    @aud_io yeah, that's anecdotal. I'm seeking scientific rigor. Thanks anyway

  • @David-ud9ju

    @David-ud9ju

    5 жыл бұрын

    ​@@steveoh9025 If wifi, 3g, 4g, etc. are damaging then visible light is far more damaging just as UV is far more damaging than visible and x-rays are far more damaging than UV and gamma rays are far more damaging than x-rays, but thankfully the atmosphere blocks UVC rays, x-rays and gamma rays from the sun, which is why we only worry about UVB and UVA. There is some evidence to suggest that blue visible light can cause photoaging the way UVA can, which is what you would expect since it's a spectrum; the cut off between UVA and visible blue is an arbitrarily defined number, so low UVA and high visible blue are essentially the same. However, the radio waves that are used for wifi and 4g and nowhere near powerful enough to harm us.

  • @zied5663
    @zied56635 жыл бұрын

    I think that your channel is more seen then NG. The way you set out things is very simple and nice. You make them look so easy to understand. Thank you

  • @the_nerd_99

    @the_nerd_99

    Ай бұрын

    what's ng?

  • @zied5663

    @zied5663

    Ай бұрын

    @@the_nerd_99 national geographic

  • @kylehaley5433
    @kylehaley54335 жыл бұрын

    I just got a massive dose of uv this last week when I forgot to button the top collar on my welding jacket. I received an intense sun burn followed by some major chest and sinus congestion. While anecdotal, I think it supports the claim of uv lowering your immune system.

  • @nitarayz
    @nitarayz5 жыл бұрын

    3:10 that’s Anatoli Bugorski, he was the scientist who accidentally got his head inside a particle accelerator while it was active and survived the incident. The picture was the result of that accident.

  • @seededsoul

    @seededsoul

    5 жыл бұрын

    NitaRay Yeaaa ironically, the young-looking side is the one that was stuck in the particle accelerator 😂 Shame on you, Veritasium Derek, for not doing your research. There is a picture of an old woman which is what you're looking for.

  • @iwillworkhard1

    @iwillworkhard1

    5 жыл бұрын

    i couldnt find any reliable source (or any source) that correlates this picture to anatoli bugorski. howver i found multiple sites referring to the pic as a trucker with sun exposure

  • @David-ud9ju

    @David-ud9ju

    5 жыл бұрын

    Everybody on the internet says that that is a trucker not a physicist. He even had a case study written about him. Also, Bugorski didn't get wrinkles on the left side of his face; opposite to this guy. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1104059

  • @nuovoaccount998

    @nuovoaccount998

    20 күн бұрын

    he doesn't even have russian somatic features stop bs

  • @reactive7748
    @reactive77485 жыл бұрын

    I'm black so my higher pigmentation protects me plus I can't wear sunscreen or at least most types since I'm allergic

  • @maracachucho8701

    @maracachucho8701

    5 жыл бұрын

    But you're black...

  • @josephine190

    @josephine190

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@maracachucho8701 yes the sun doesn't hate him

  • @josephine190

    @josephine190

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@maracachucho8701 also doesn't age in dog yeats

  • @reactive7748

    @reactive7748

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@maracachucho8701 what is that supposed to mean?

  • @kimberlythomas2296

    @kimberlythomas2296

    5 жыл бұрын

    If your black please don't put those chemical on your skin, you don't need them!

  • @aeabottss22
    @aeabottss225 жыл бұрын

    Everytime she talked, I got this feeling that I needed to clear my throat.

  • @xCarlos1991x
    @xCarlos1991x5 жыл бұрын

    Is called Thymine dimers, and is the way we repair that damage which makes it more prone to mistakes

  • @katieobringer1160
    @katieobringer11603 жыл бұрын

    I work at a nursing home, and I can confirm, old people, do NOT have perfect butts

  • @blackparadoxx9656
    @blackparadoxx96565 жыл бұрын

    3:50 Eating too much Fibroblast will give you the greatest explosive diarrhea known to man.

  • @nuovoaccount998

    @nuovoaccount998

    20 күн бұрын

    video or it never happened

  • @long-timelistenerfirst-t-us2yy
    @long-timelistenerfirst-t-us2yy5 жыл бұрын

    great video, very informative!

  • @veroxid
    @veroxid24 күн бұрын

    As someone that spent most of his childhood inside with his primary exposure to the sun being when in a car traveling across country, I eventually learned that you can, in fact, get a sunburn and tan in a car; though obviously nowhere near the level from direct exposure.

  • @jacobeamor2052
    @jacobeamor20525 жыл бұрын

    Solution: Entire world changes their sleep schedule around 12 hours. Everyone works at night and sleeps in the day :P

  • @leebee1100

    @leebee1100

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jacob Eamor already there. If the rest of the world would join me that’d be great

  • @dumbledoor9293

    @dumbledoor9293

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or even better, let's sleep day'n'night

  • @jacobeamor2052

    @jacobeamor2052

    5 жыл бұрын

    OR.... We could euthanize everyone on the entire planet. Can't get cancer if we're already dead 😂

  • @David-ud9ju

    @David-ud9ju

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sleeping during the day and being up in the night really fucks with you though. It leads to all kinds of problems and eventually premature death.

  • @brandonford1125

    @brandonford1125

    5 жыл бұрын

    Like vampires

  • @ninjamaster3453
    @ninjamaster34535 жыл бұрын

    Does testosterone in high natural levels or exogeously added beyond therapeutic levels, age the body faster. People who use this as a drug for sports seem to look older than their true age. I'm curious to the science behind it.

  • @feynstein1004

    @feynstein1004

    5 жыл бұрын

    Even then, those people inject way too much T into their systems. You'd never reach those levels naturally. So I don't think it's possible for testosterone to age you.

  • @nibblrrr7124

    @nibblrrr7124

    5 жыл бұрын

    There might be confounders in your observation: high T can cause male pattern baldness (which looks older but isn't necessarily a sign of bad health), and at least in bodybuilding there's this weird "super tanned, super dehydrated skin" ideal for competitions (which will cause skin aging unrelated to T)? Idk... I think I remember studies correlating (!) higher T with slightly longer age in men. But from what I've heard, the medical consensus (not to be confused with the T supplement industry...) seems to be "don't mess with your hormones unless they cause you severe issues".

  • @Softnsweetbb

    @Softnsweetbb

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know if it actually ages you , I think testosterone has certain properties that can give that effect though. For example, fat deposits on the face are associated with two things, youth and femininity. High levels of testosterone, eliminate fat in the face (unless you’re a bigger guy, or due to genetics). On high levels of t, fat in the body melts much easier , and hardly distributes to the face. This can make your skin paper thin, and your face gaunt. Thin skin is also prone to wrinkles. High levels of testosterone causes hair to thin, receding hairline and balding. And lastly, facial bone structure is altered, with high levels of testosterone. Bigger chins, bigger brow bones, bigger jaws, all these things combined will make guys (and even some female body builders) look much more masculine, but also much more older than they normally would be.

  • @nuovoaccount998

    @nuovoaccount998

    20 күн бұрын

    Biochemical individuality is king in aging

  • @Tomas.Malina
    @Tomas.Malina5 жыл бұрын

    Thymine dimers don't form a hydrogen bond as you suggested in the image at 1:30, the dimers are dangerous because the two aromatic circles of thymines bond stacking on top of each other, it's an addition reaction that forms strong C-C bonds. That is why it's hard to fix for reparation mechanisms (nucleases have to cut out a whole region of tens of bases around the place and resynthethise the whole cut out part of the dna strand, otherwise the strand can't be transcribed - that's the problem with resynthesis errors causing mutations, because not just the thymine region gets repaired), weak H-bonds are not so much of a problem if formed in the wrong place, they don't hold too tight.

  • @PaiviProject
    @PaiviProject5 жыл бұрын

    Wow I sure liked the way she was explaining it. I think I am going to use sunscreen more from now on ! Thank you Dr. Hayley Goldbach 👍

  • @hayleyg6639

    @hayleyg6639

    5 жыл бұрын

    So glad you enjoyed the explanation. Go out and enjoy the sun with some sunscreen and a good hat!

  • @PaiviProject

    @PaiviProject

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you I will

  • @cbrjune8658
    @cbrjune86585 жыл бұрын

    Little known fact, my butt actually receives the most sunlight of any part of my body.

  • @samnub7912

    @samnub7912

    5 жыл бұрын

    *pokes butt out of window*

  • @yomama3926

    @yomama3926

    5 жыл бұрын

    Doing what

  • @nuovoaccount998

    @nuovoaccount998

    20 күн бұрын

    Let me guess, you're not a man

  • @Kithanalane
    @Kithanalane5 жыл бұрын

    This is an interesting video. I would also like to a video about the benefits of sunlight. unfiltered sunlight is the best and only source of vitamin D production for our bodies. Doctors have suggested that we do need to be exposed to a range of unfiltered sunlight to promote vitamin D production depending on a persons geographic location.

  • @rickvian
    @rickvian5 жыл бұрын

    ah, doing interview about UV under sunlight is a great idea I like it

  • @brawnstein
    @brawnstein5 жыл бұрын

    An upload right after I finished Vitamania . (sweet)

  • @bibeksunar5120
    @bibeksunar51205 жыл бұрын

    Difference between a plant sourced vitamins vs synthetically made vitamins ????

  • @stardustpan

    @stardustpan

    5 жыл бұрын

    + skin-made vitamin D

  • @Basement-Science

    @Basement-Science

    5 жыл бұрын

    the vitamin is the same, but I believe plants contain additional other compounds which are needed to make use of some of the vitamins effectively.

  • @wantedpwner

    @wantedpwner

    5 жыл бұрын

    Vitamins are vitamins.. molecules are the same, but I suppose synthetically made vitamins could have molecular 'mistakes', which could be bad. Either way, too many vitamines is bad too, he has a video on that.

  • @Abhi-cb7eh
    @Abhi-cb7eh5 жыл бұрын

    You just flipped your old thumbnail photo.

  • @maxischmidt1299
    @maxischmidt12995 жыл бұрын

    I want to thank you for your work and for sharing your knowledge, Derek. It is a pleasure

  • @kashu7691
    @kashu76915 жыл бұрын

    Should have posted this at the start of summer!

  • @feynstein1004
    @feynstein10045 жыл бұрын

    3:18 "Longer wavelength penetrates deeper." Um what?

  • @tommyjohn3525

    @tommyjohn3525

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not that kind of penetration.

  • @laurgao

    @laurgao

    5 жыл бұрын

    haha lol

  • @feynstein1004

    @feynstein1004

    5 жыл бұрын

    +Tommy John Lol I know, man. I meant that it's shorter wavelengths that are supposed to penetrate deeper iirc.

  • @xyanide1986

    @xyanide1986

    5 жыл бұрын

    No for any wave be it sound or photons the shorter ones penetrate less. That's why you can hear bass through a wall and not the highs, they bounce off.

  • @WaveOfDestiny

    @WaveOfDestiny

    5 жыл бұрын

    A long enough wavelenght can easily pass trough objects that are smaller or the same lenght, like radio waves or wifi trough walls. A short enough wavelenght can pass trough the space between your molecules or even atoms, for example gamma rays.

  • @civilbeings
    @civilbeings5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome analysis man! Great fan...will really would like to collaborate with you... kindly give you email address.. thank you!

  • @nikki2071
    @nikki20715 жыл бұрын

    Also, would you know what the UVC that is no longer being filtered by our atmosphere doing to us?

  • @ricklaxative1688
    @ricklaxative16885 жыл бұрын

    That's why in every summer in which I get baked by the sun I also seem to get a slight cold for a few days. Intresting stuff

  • @schaflp6867
    @schaflp68675 жыл бұрын

    So it's actually healthy to stay inside 24/7

  • @oh-totoro

    @oh-totoro

    5 жыл бұрын

    Only if you're in a dark room.

  • @skop6321

    @skop6321

    5 жыл бұрын

    well maybe not all day, get sun for like 15- 20 mins for Vitamin D production although i dont do that, probably should.

  • @chadd990

    @chadd990

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm assuiming you ask this question because you're either planning to or do have a dungeon in your basement. Trust me, I know from experience, add some dragons to it, it helps with the atmosphere.

  • @nuovoaccount998

    @nuovoaccount998

    20 күн бұрын

    @@chadd990 and candles, electric ones

  • @hornetluca
    @hornetluca5 жыл бұрын

    0:42 everybody is now looking at its own butt

  • @zvpunry1971

    @zvpunry1971

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, nobody does that. We are all too lazy to stand up, instead we keep sitting on it while watching youtube. ;)

  • @hornetluca

    @hornetluca

    5 жыл бұрын

    Come on, you did it. There's nothing to be ashamed of

  • @zvpunry1971

    @zvpunry1971

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why should I? I know my butt very well and I'm sure that it is still there because I'm sitting on it. ;)

  • @hornetluca

    @hornetluca

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@zvpunry1971 😅

  • @krazedgunner

    @krazedgunner

    5 жыл бұрын

    I will quote, You butt looks like Freddy Kreuger face-fucked a topographical map of Utah

  • @PhotoVRF
    @PhotoVRF5 жыл бұрын

    An increased focus on protecting the skin from sun damage and a change from an outdoor lifestyle to an indoor lifestyle in recent generations has led to a serious problem with vitamin D deficiency in many developed parts of the world. Too little vitamin D means the bones will not be able to grow strong, leading to problems like rickets for children or osteoporosis for adults. Due to the weakening of bones, individuals with low vitamin D levels are more prone to falling. Low vitamin D levels can also cause a poorly functioning immune system, cardiovascular disease, depression, development of diabetes, and multiple sclerosis. It has also been linked to certain types of cancer.

  • @ClassicJukeboxBand

    @ClassicJukeboxBand

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are correct. The only thing stupider than the advice on this video are the half witted commenters who are too stupid to understand that nature is not bad for us...I'm quite surprised we can even have a functioning society with the low IQ's of these brain dead commenters...

  • @Lambda_Ovine
    @Lambda_Ovine5 жыл бұрын

    Imagine that. All my summer jobs this past 5 years have been nothing but intense sun exposure (construction and sidewalk survey) with little to non protection but a baseball cap and sunglasses.

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron84505 жыл бұрын

    I was born a sun worshipper. I will live as one, and will die as one.

  • @bytefu

    @bytefu

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was born a neutron. I wouldn't probably die as one though.

  • @theapocilip

    @theapocilip

    5 жыл бұрын

    George Carlin got me into sun worship

  • @sadabahargeet6405
    @sadabahargeet64053 жыл бұрын

    Dark and brown people( No need of Suncream) Biological Advantage

  • @candigirl8180

    @candigirl8180

    3 ай бұрын

    Myth XD

  • @nuovoaccount998

    @nuovoaccount998

    20 күн бұрын

    yeah but you also have genetic higher risk for melanoma which is ironic, and anemia

  • @xthe_moonx
    @xthe_moonx5 жыл бұрын

    so like staying inside most of the time is good for you? or working nights and only getting a few hours of sun if only morning to afternoon?

  • @phantom9633
    @phantom96335 жыл бұрын

    Always interesting to watch ur vids

  • @amanmehta2162
    @amanmehta21625 жыл бұрын

    What's a sunscreen and what is sun? 🤔

  • @milkywegian

    @milkywegian

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aman Mehta keep trying hard to be funny.

  • @lierdakil
    @lierdakil5 жыл бұрын

    While it's widely known that UV can cause skin and DNA damage, the veracity of the way you spin this is at best questionable. For one, you do need *some* exposure to UVB to produce vitamin D₃, deficiency of which is linked to various chronic illnesses (PMID: 29124697, PMID: 16005208). For two, overreliance on sunscreen can cause more damage than lack of sunscreen. Studies show most people don't understand sunscreen labels, don't apply it correctly (recommended amount according to some sources is 2mg/cm², while most people use at best half as much), and increase their sunlight exposure assuming that they have nothing to worry about since they use sunscreen (which is obviously not true if you think about it for a second).

  • @versacemoonbeam

    @versacemoonbeam

    5 жыл бұрын

    With the "bottom line" most in mind in the formulation of the "average" (topical) sunscreen that includes "inactive" ingredients that are of detriment to the "application site" and which "consumers" operate on the assumption that the uni-dimensional marketed "purpose" of the product would be inclusive of a much grander negative benefit encompassing general skin (and body) health than the rather reductionistic designated/labeled "purpose" ("To prevent sunburn"). The non-macronutrient (to which they're assumed to be "irrelevant" to ""normal", i.e. baseline mediocrity, or "proper" functionality of the human body from the nutritional facet of health) phytonutrients, carotenoids, provide innumerable "benefits" (with the supplementary, or the generic non-essential, connotation of that term exuding from it) as photoprotective properties (from light absorption) conjunctive with their antioxidant qualities that supply whole-body coverage from the inside (since of course, "Beauty is on the inside" while the interplaying ouside is "on" that inside), with even lowly processed tomato paste demonstrating such. Manifold, holistic solutions sour convenient Mammon-seeking models, their extensions, and instilled consumer "lifestyles". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23053552 academic.oup.com/jn/article/132/3/399/4687282 academic.oup.com/jn/article/131/5/1449/4686953

  • @rohanmisra7346

    @rohanmisra7346

    5 жыл бұрын

    True, but most people need very little sun exposure for the vitamin. If you're fair skinned, a few minutes in the sun is more than enough. It's hard to avoid at least a few minutes of sun exposure daily. Plus vitamin D is stores in the body, so on days when you have less sun exposure, you still have your reserves. In the winter, it's virtually impossible to produce vitamin D from the sun if you live 37 degrees above the equator (or north of Atlanta), because the sun never gets high enough in the sky for its ultraviolet B rays to penetrate the atmosphere. Exposure to sunlight for the vitamin D is a pointless exercise in winter, and you're just opening yourself up to further damage without any of the benefits. There's also the issue that "healthy" levels of vitamin D are not clearly understood. By the current metric for vitamin D in blood, much of the world's healthy population is deficient, even in tropical countries. It's perhaps more likely that the initial levels for vitamin D were poorly understood, established from blood samples of young white surfers, who would have unreasonably high levels of vitamin D from sun exposure.

  • @lierdakil

    @lierdakil

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Rohan Misra, I'm not entirely sure why you argue this point? I mean, great addition, sure. I'm not entirely sure about "a few minutes" being enough, but seeing as I'm not an expert on the subject, I can't really argue otherwise. But the way you structured it grammatically indicates you're disagreeing with something I said? I did *not* argue people need to ditch sunscreen and all go sunbathe for hours daily, did I? My point was (and is): the way the narrative in the video is structured ("spun"), it would seem that UVB (and UV in general) is "the silent enemy that will kill you with cancer" and that sunscreen is great and will save you from the Sun's "UV deathrays" -- both of these inferred statements can be considered true only if you squint *really* hard, from where I'm standing, and so I challenged those. First, reminding that humans (and most mammals actually) need some UV exposure to produce an essential vitamin, and total lack of sunlight exposure won't make anyone particularly healthy, long-lived or cancer-free (as some comments here seem to suggest jokingly). And second, asserting that sunscreen isn't the silver bullet, as the video seems to present it, and that believing it to be can and likely will cause harm.

  • @rohanmisra7346

    @rohanmisra7346

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lierdakil you're arguing from points of extreme here. From the numbers, deliberately seeking out sun exposure simply for vitamin D isn't advisable for most people. I didn't suggest that your point is to ditch sunscreen altogether and sunbathe, and I don't see how you get that from my comment. I appreciate your point that some sun is beneficial, and perhaps Derek should have mentioned it in his video. The fact that people might overestimate the safety of their sunscreen is something I think he covered in his previous video. As to the point that some sunlight is beneficial for health, sure, but it's also a lot less than most people end up getting, even accidentally. For most people, beyond a few minutes, the damage from sun exposure quickly outweighs the health benefits. In winter, no amount of sun exposure is going to give them the required amount of vitamin D anyway, so they have to get it from dietary sources. Even with sunscreen, the protection isn't perfect, and nobody is going to develop a vitamin D deficiency from too much sunscreen.

  • @lierdakil

    @lierdakil

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Rohan Misra, I deliberated answering you point-by-point but will resist doing so for the sake of brevity. I can agree with most of what you say here. I do indeed tend to exaggerate a bit in these Internet discussions, at times employing hyperbole even, for the sake of making a point more clearly, especially when arguing counterpoints. Sorry if it's a bit misleading. Never argued for deliberately seeking out sun exposure, sorry if it seemed that way. Still a bit doubtful about the "few minutes" thing -- a few minutes feels like an absurdly small amount of time. "A few dozen minutes" I could probably accept. Could you perhaps point me to some studies (articles) discussing the subject? To clarify further, my problem with this video is it's a bit too one-sided, which can and will beget misconceptions, as evidenced by the comment section (although hard to judge conclusively with all the postmodern irony present) This seems kinda counter-productive, so I felt compelled to provide some counterpoints. Counterpoints that I might have overstated in my quest for simultaneous brevity and clarity.

  • @amperage3457
    @amperage34575 жыл бұрын

    Please do a video with schlieren imaging again! It'd be really cool seeing the shockwave from bullets!

  • @borissman
    @borissman5 жыл бұрын

    i never get disappointing in you, Veritasium

  • @canihave2bucks
    @canihave2bucks5 жыл бұрын

    Good lord is that women's throat okay?

  • @therambler3713

    @therambler3713

    5 жыл бұрын

    probably cigarettes

  • @L.A.97.

    @L.A.97.

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe she's given a lot of head recently?

  • @ZweiZombies

    @ZweiZombies

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe it's just her voice :P

  • @martinsthalles

    @martinsthalles

    5 жыл бұрын

    Her voice isn't even that bad, have you ever talked to people?

  • @georganatoly6646

    @georganatoly6646

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure listening to people gives you ear cancer and the best way to prevent ear cancer is to wear ear plugs when someone is trying to talk to you.

  • @TylerMatthewHarris
    @TylerMatthewHarris5 жыл бұрын

    Have there been any studies about the negative effects of sunscreen? It burns my skin

  • @Gilotopia
    @Gilotopia5 жыл бұрын

    What about double pane glass? Does that stop enough UV? I sit indoors all day but I do get sunlight through the office window.

  • @weebslime
    @weebslime5 жыл бұрын

    My skin quite tan (cuz living in equatorial), is that mean I have enough protection so I wouldn't need sunscreen?

  • @iu6iu6
    @iu6iu65 жыл бұрын

    Is there a way to reverse the process of UVA damaging your Elastin and whatever those stuff are

  • @gregmcbroom3943
    @gregmcbroom39435 жыл бұрын

    Please use the ultraviolet camera to examine someone's skin before and after using a tanning bed.

  • @thegoodlydragon7452
    @thegoodlydragon74525 жыл бұрын

    In the winter I had a vitamin D deficiency from not enough sun time. What is the necessary amount of time to spend outside if your skin is mostly covered?

  • @meri5012
    @meri50125 жыл бұрын

    I was about to the picture at 3:08 but did some digging (which everyone should do before writing) and found out I was wrong, I was about to tell you that the picture was not an illustration of sun aging, but of Anatoli Bugorski. I couldn't find evidences that the picture is related to Bugorski, but now I just think an episode on Anatoli Bugorski would be cool.

  • @squeakybunny2776
    @squeakybunny27765 жыл бұрын

    But when should you wear sunscreen... Just during sunny days or pretty much always? I mean the sun will shine every day but it feels a bit weird to wear sunscreen when it's 10 Degrees celcius outside

  • @davidalearmonth
    @davidalearmonth5 жыл бұрын

    I'm curious how much UV you get just sitting in the shade? Assuming you aren't right beside a highly reflective surface or water.

  • @Andy__A
    @Andy__A2 жыл бұрын

    At 3:20: "... a longer wave penetrates deeper". Should it in fact be opposite because a longer wave has less frequency and energy? Or if it relates just to the wavelength, does it still have enough energy? Because otherwise it should have been blocked or unable to penetrate.

  • @Dukefazon
    @Dukefazon5 жыл бұрын

    What if I have a fluorescent black light that’s emmitting UV from the old days? How does it affect my health?

  • @cavalrycome
    @cavalrycome5 жыл бұрын

    3:30 So does that mean that if you stimulate fibroblasts by massaging the skin, they'll produce more collagen?

  • @vdiitd
    @vdiitd5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for another great and informative video. Can you please also tell how do we get the Vitamin D then? Because what we generally hear is that sun is the best source of Vitamin D.

  • @Derhemion

    @Derhemion

    5 жыл бұрын

    UV light causes the body to produce vitamin D (specifically, UVB), which is essential for life. The human body needs some UV radiation in order for one to maintain adequate vitamin D levels; however, excess exposure produces harmful effects that typically outweigh the benefits. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet

  • @Louie.Oxford
    @Louie.Oxford5 жыл бұрын

    What about the downside of regularly using sunscreen?

  • @alkal1339
    @alkal1339 Жыл бұрын

    Windshield is triplex, which contains polymer layer inside, so it does absorb UV light including UVA. Side glass doesn’t absorb UVA thus you are susceptible to UV light and your left arm aging with greater rate.

  • @menamena90
    @menamena905 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, the name of the doctor is misspelled in the description; just wanted to point it out, since she really added so much to the video. Great work, love your videos they significantly science up my KZread feed 👍👍👍

  • @hayleyg6639

    @hayleyg6639

    5 жыл бұрын

    This was really kind, thanks so much for ensuring I got proper credit.

  • @TWIGROCKSTAR
    @TWIGROCKSTAR5 жыл бұрын

    i like how there both outside in uv radation while talking about this

  • @davidlt
    @davidlt5 жыл бұрын

    What camera/setup do you use to fill in UV?

  • @mellaniemellbourne7050
    @mellaniemellbourne70505 жыл бұрын

    Okay, so I'm confused about this. You said UV is non ionizing, so it doesn't have the energy to knock off electrons in your DNA. But then you say it bonds thymine together, creating kinks in the chain. How exactly does it break the thymine away from the other bases and bond them together if it's non ionizing? I'd really like to know!