New Sunscreen Goes In Your Mouth

New Sunscreen Goes In Your Mouth FARM HOME Health 25-4-31 You can reduce the risk of sunburn by popping a new "sunscreen pill" before heading outside, says molecular biologist Dr. Barry Barclay of St. Albert, Alberta. He's the inventor of "Inner Shade," a patent-pending sun filter containing folic acid, niacinamide and vitamin B12. Barclay says Inner Shade, which has been approved by Health Canada (like the FDA in the U.S.) is much more convenient than sunscreen lotions so people are more likely to use it. After several years of study, Barclay's research suggested that folate might be a natural sunfilter in the body, especially since the vitamin is found not only in the bloodstream but also in association with hemoglobin in red blood cells. To test this idea he experimented in both the laboratory and on himself. "I have fair skin, burn easily and have done so every summer since I was a child. Last summer for the first time in my life I did not burn at all. I found that a daily supplement of folic acid of 2mg to 5mg per day allowed me to be in direct sunlight for up to 5 hours without sunburning," he says. "Over the next year or so I enlisted volunteers, mostly friends, including a physician, several nurses and other healthcare professionals to test folic acid and other B complex vitamins as an oral sunscreen." All of the volunteers reported at least some degree of sun protection when taking the active ingredients in Inner Shade, according to Barclay. Any sunburn they did receive was far less severe than their companions and healed more quickly. The formulation in Inner Shade was developed over the next few months to find the most effective combination of folic acid and the other B complex vitamins, niacinamide and vitamin B12. Barclay stayed within the same concentration ranges as products that had been used for many years. He says the pills work best for adults if taken the night before sun exposure and then again in the morning. Inner Shade is available in the U.S. as a nutritional supplement, which means the FDA has not been asked to approve it. It costs $19.95 U.S. ($29.95 Canada) for a bottle of 100 and comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. Contact: FARM SHOW Follow-up, Tannie Cyr, Vice President of Public Relations, Inner Shade Inc., #14 Mission Ave., St. Albert, Alberta, Canada T8N 1H4 (ph 780 419-4042 or toll free 866 419-4041; fax 780 419-4044); E-mail: bbarclay@innershade.com or info@innershade.com; Website: www.innershade.com).

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