{"id":587879,"date":"2026-08-09T11:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T11:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587879\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T11:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T11:08:14","slug":"how-much-sunshine-do-we-really-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587879\/","title":{"rendered":"How much sunshine do we really need?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">&#8220;They can still get a few minutes of exposure \u2013 [but it&#8217;s] best to have more skin exposed for a shorter time, and do so more often, than for a longer time less frequently,&#8221; she says. This is most effective nearer midday, where there is more UVB relative to the amount of UVA, compared to at other times of day. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cancerresearchuk.org\/about-cancer\/causes-of-cancer\/sun-uv-and-cancer\/how-does-the-sun-and-uv-cause-cancer\" class=\"LinkUrl-styles__LinkUrlStyled-sc-f4e3b82f-0 eGAhOs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">While UVB is the primary cause of skin cancer<\/a>, it is essential for making vitamin D. Earlier or later in the day, you won&#8217;t get as much UVB, and you\u2019ll be exposed to relatively more damaging UVA, which is linked to skin ageing and also plays a role in the development of skin cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;They can still get a few minutes of exposure \u2013 [but it&#8217;s] best to have more skin exposed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60],"class_list":["post-587879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}