My mood is so positively influenced by sun exposure or just by a clear sunny sky, that I really don’t understand why you would avoid it. For me it’s one of those things where the risk is worth the benefits.
My mother also has multiple cases of confirmed carcinomas. She obtained disability due to those.
So yeah, even though you may be all shock and awe about why some of us would avoid it, its definitely genetic. And I don't need the risk of having my skin burn and eventually cancer.
Despite having a lineage that hates itself, it also means that I don't tan; I stroke. My mother was actually allergic to the sun. She had to be hospitalized, a few times, because of it.
I live in an area with tons of folks of Mediterranean descent. Every summer, they end up looking like alligator purses, come May.
I get really sick of them insisting that I "just need to do it in stages. Just go out for fifteen minutes at a time. You'll tan; I promise!"
For me, it's:
15 Min. -> Nothing
15 Min. -> Nothing
15 Min. -> Nothing
15 Min. -> Bright red, peeling and screaming
It isn’t, and I’m not gonna bother.
That said, I do like to get out and about, just with a hat on.
I think that the mental health aspects of sunlight may come into play. Very difficult to control for.
When I consistently eat carrots daily my skin darkens a bit, but I also tan easily. It's been reported before that carrot eaters score better in hot-or-not style surveys, attributed to healthier looking skin. At least overdosing on carrots doesn't cause melanoma ;)
It gives the skin a noticeable orange color.
I seem to recall seeing something like that, recently, but it escapes me, just now…
Nevermind. I’m sure it will come to me…
But if you want Vitamin-D - the morning and evening sun won't help you, as they are too filtered out. And basically the whole winter sun in the northern hemisphere is too weak, even at noon.
But the beauty of the morning and evening sun helps, too.