Duggar Vuolo shares her three kids with husband Jeremy Vuolo
Jinger Duggar Vuolo is sharing why she doesn't use "normal" sunscreens on her kids.
On an episode of her podcast, The Jinger and Jeremy Podcast, Jinger and her husband Jeremy Vuolo spoke about how Jinger can be a little "crunchy" when it comes to modern medicine. At one point, the mom of three explained that she's not a huge fan of sunscreen and often lets her kids "soak up the sun."
"Sunscreen is a fascinating one because I have just seen headlines. So I haven't done the research," Jeremy says. "Again, I'm not claiming to be, you know, crunchy here, but the rates of skin cancer. And I've seen something saying sunscreen is actually not helping with that."
"I don't put sunscreen on all the time, which is probably why I have more wrinkles and because I'm in my thirties," Jinger says. "So I don't use that all the time. But I definitely try not to use the normal sunscreens because they're so toxic when you do the sprays and stuff."
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Jinger goes on to explain that she prefers mineral based sunscreens that you rub on instead of spray sunscreen.
"Like if we're gonna be in the pool for hours or at the beach or in an area that has like heavy sun, but in the day when the kids are going out to play, I actually let them soak up some sun," says Jinger. "I don't know if that's bad or good. But I do let them soak up some sun because I'm like, if it's not like beating down, we don't try to go out when it's 100 degrees."
Jinger and Jeremy are parents to daughter Felicity Nicole, 7, and Evangeline Jo, 4, and Finnegan Charles, 7 months.
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, with 1 in 5 Americans developing it in their lifetimes, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. The majority of melanoma cases are attributable to UV exposure.
In June, PEOPLE spoke with Dr. Raman Madan, Director of Cosmetic Dermatology at Northwell Health, who offered a few tips about sun exposure ahead of the summer. He explained that while it's healthy to get sun exposure, wearing sunscreen doesn't detract from that.
"It is definitely beneficial to get some sun because in moderation, it helps with vitamin D synthesis. It can improve your mood," Dr. Madan told PEOPLE. But you can still get these benefits with sunscreen, he emphasized.
He also cleared up the myth that sunscreens are "toxic."
"There's been a lot of negative [reports] towards sunscreen out there, and it kind of stems from different reasons. One of them is that people say that sunscreen can be absorbed into the bloodstream," he said, explaining, "it's a small, small, small amount" with some chemical sunscreens. However, he said, you can wear mineral-based sunscreens like zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, and "those won't be absorbed by your body."
"There's a lot of misinformation out there, and I think people are just trying to find reasons not to wear sunscreen" he said.
In this same podcast episode, Jinger and Jeremy recounted how their daughter Felicity had to go to the emergency room because of an ear infection. However, Jinger shared that she wasn't sure she wanted her daughter to go on antibiotics after the hospital stay.
"They wanted to give it to her right away. And then I was thinking about it and I was like, 'Ah, I don't want her to have an antibiotic because those can really just mess up your gut,' " Jinger said.
"Well, they just clear out the good and the bad," Jeremy replied. "Yes. All the bad bacteria, all the good bacteria, it's gone," Jinger said.
Jinger said that ahead of flu season, she wasn't crazy about getting her daughter's "good bacteria" cleared out, so she told the doctors to only give her daughter antibiotics if it's absolutely necessary. They decided not to give their daughter antibiotics and waited a few days to see how she reacted.
"She did not complain of pain at all for the next like three days. She hasn't had any pain," said Jinger. "So I texted Audrey Roloff, who is very crunchy."
Audrey told Jinger to order these ear drops from Amazon, so she ordered them the next day and said they seem to be working.