Talk about mixed messages. It seems every day I’m reporting on a new health study that contradicts an earlier health study.

For example, doctors used to advise women to stay away from certain foods while breast-feeding to prevent their babies from getting eczema, asthma and food allergies. Now doctors say there’s no scientific proof that works, so breast-feeding women can eat whatever they want. Oh yeah, so long as it doesn’t have cow milk protein. Click here for the story.

Then there are the parents who struggled over allowing their children to get routine childhood vaccines for fear they would get autism. Now there’s a report out of California that says there’s no link between autism and childhood vaccines, despite earlier concerns that a mercury-laden preservative called Thimerosal was the culprit. Click here for the story.

But the biggest mind boggler of the day comes from the scientist who sounded the alert on skin cancer. He now says enjoying a little sunshine has health benefits that outweigh the risks. He even go so far as to say it may help people live longer. Richard Setlow says the sun boosts our body’s production of Vitamin D and that can protect us from some cancers and diseases such as rickets, osteoporosis and diabetes. Setlow says the hazards of moderate sunbathing have probably been exaggerated. Click here for the story.

I don’t know about you, but my head spins every time a new health study comes out. I think the bottom line is everything in moderation. And if it’s going to heal you or kill you, at least it will happen slowly.