Need not apply: A group of MPs have said 20 minutes unprotected in the sun is actually good for you Britons should spend up to 20 minutes in the sun every day to protect their bones, according to MPs. There are fears that rising numbers of elderly people are suffering fractures because their bones have become weak due to a lack of vitamin D. Now a report by a group of MPs is recommending that everyone spends ten minutes in the sun without protection once or twice a day during late spring and summer.

炎炎夏日，有渴望拥有白皙皮肤的女孩们涂了一层又一层的防晒霜才敢出门，也有一些人更愿意晒一身“古铜色”的肌肤而选择出游去海滩边上度假的，可是，究竟怎样的方式才是对身体最有益的呢？有消息称，每日至少20分钟“裸晒”可以防治骨质疏松，裸晒的条件是：坚决不能涂抹任何乳液、甚至防晒霜，就让肌肤与太阳亲密接触。有调查称，近年来，有越来越多的老年人因缺乏维他命D进而患上骨质疏松症。所以，专家建议，每天或者每两天坚持至少裸晒10分钟（不能超过20分钟）不擦护肤品晒太阳，增强自己的维他命D的含量。