Baby Boomers: Here’s how to prevent the most common cancer of your generation

Thirty years from now, there’s a good chance Millennials won’t be talking about non-melanoma skin cancer the way Baby Boomers do today.

The difference? Millennials (and their parents) grew up forewarned that excess sun exposure—especially in the form of sunburns—boosts skin cancer risk.

Of course, it’s also helpful that they grew up in the era of sunblock.

The generations that came before weren’t so lucky…

A sunburn every so often was just an accepted nuisance of summertime. You turned red and everything was painful—from getting dressed to lying in bed. Then, a few days later your skin started to peel and you’d continue going about your business.

But as we know now, that wasn’t the end of it…

If you’re over age 70, there’s a one-in-five chance that you’ll be one of the 5 million new cases of skin cancer diagnosed this year. That’s more than all other cancers combined!

But that doesn’t mean it’s too late for older adults to protect themselves—even after all the times you might have overdone your fun-in-the-sun back in the day.

That’s because researchers have discovered that one simple vitamin, taken daily, actually serves as a kind of “delayed sunblock”—even if you’ve already developed non-melanoma skin cancer!

Delayed skin protection is better than none

Skin cancer breaks down into four basic types. Click here to view a chart of visualizations and descriptions.

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According to certified health coach and best-selling author, Bill Gottlieb, you’re at higher risk of these cancers if one or more of these variables applies to you:

  • You’re Caucasian
  • Your eyes are blue or green
  • Your hair is blonde or red
  • Your skin burns or freckles easily
  • You’ve had a lot of sun exposure, including sunburns when you were a child
  • You’re male (which means you’re twice as likely to develop basal cell carcinomas, and three times more likely to develop squamous cell)
  • You’re at least 50 years of age
  • You have a family history of skin cancer
  • You’ve already been diagnosed with skin cancer

In Bill’s Essential Age-Eraser Protocol, he shares information about the “delayed sunblock” vitamin I mentioned above. But there’s just one mystery about this vitamin that Bill doesn’t understand…

Bill says, “When I first came across the impressive research on the use of the B-vitamin nicotinamide for preventing skin cancer—I was shocked. Why hadn’t I heard about this powerful remedy before?

“So why does hardly anybody talk about—much less recommend—nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3?”

Stellar results in clinical trials

I suppose the most likely answer to Bill’s question is this: B3 isn’t a prescription drug. If a drug got the results that vitamin B3 gets in reducing skin cancer risk, it would be a blockbuster for sure, making Big Pharma billions of dollars!

Meanwhile, Bill shares some research that makes the true value of nicotinamide very apparent…

  • In one trial, dermatologists enrolled 74 participants, most of whom had previous non-melanoma skin cancers. The researchers gave vitamin B3 to half the group while the other half took a placebo. Bill notes that after four months, 20 new cases of skin cancer had developed in the placebo group, but only four in the B3 group.
  • A New England Journal of Medicine study included nearly 400 volunteers with diagnosed non-melanoma skin cancers. Half took a 500 mg dose of B3 twice each day. The other half took a placebo. After one year, those in the B3 group exhibited:
  • 30 percent fewer squamous cell carcinomas
  • 20 percent fewer basal carcinomas
  • 13 percent fewer cases of actinic keratosis

“As for the safety of the nutrient,” Bill adds, “In the one-year study, there was no increase in ‘adverse events’ among those taking nicotinamide compared to those taking the placebo. In other words, nicotinamide is very safe.”

Restoring “cellular energy” in skin cells

Bill notes that, fortunately, the research community has taken note of the skin cancer protection benefits of B3 (even if doctors are generally slow on putting it into practice).

And this research is making waves especially in Australia, where fair skin and constant sun exposure make their rate of skin cancer the highest in the world.

Bill cites a recent scientific paper by Diona Damian, MD, a Professor of Dermatology at the University of Sydney in Australia. In her paper Dr. Damian points out the proven, science-backed powers of nicotinamide, which:

  • Cools inflammation in the skin,
  • Enhances DNA repair (damaged DNA triggers cancer),
  • Improves “skin barrier function”—which Bill calls “a must for healthy skin,”
  • Reduces immune suppression caused by sunlight exposure (the primary cause of skin cancer),
  • Restores “cellular energy” in skin cells after exposure to dangerous UV rays.

Of course, in the States, it’s rare that a doctor would recommend nutrients to help treat a medical condition. And not surprisingly, here in what Bill calls “the nutriphobic U.S.,” most dermatologists appear to be unaware of vitamin B3’s benefits, or they simply ignore them.

And that’s a mistake that Bill hopes you won’t make. Because in addition to skin cancer prevention, nicotinamide can also improve the quality of aging skin by reducing fine lines, dark spots, and red blotchiness.

To learn about the many other ways this vitamin can benefit, rejuvenate, and protect your skin, refer to Bill Gottlieb’s Essential Age-Eraser Protocol.

Simply click here to read a comprehensive overview of this excellent protocol, or to get started right away on your own personal age-eraser journey!