Marcos Llorente posts controversial sun cream costume – ‘Against your biology’ | OneFootball

The long-running health campaign from Marcos Llorente continues in controversial fashion this week, following a social media post that has garnered much attention in Spain. The Spain and Atletico Madrid midfielder has railed against modern science in several instances, facing backlash from the government among others.

Llorente, 31, has attracted plenty of attention for his healthcare practices, including using red-tinted sunglasses at night, and avoiding unnatural light in his own home. This has found some root among other footballers, who have been seen wearing similar sunglasses in recent months, including Erling Haaland and Ferran Torres.

Llorente posts controversial suncream costume

On his Instagram account on Thursday night, Llorente posted a picture of himself as sun cream spray bottle with the following caption.

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On the bottle itself, Llorente has the taglines ‘Protection against your biology’ and ‘Blocking Vitamin D since 1985’. On the back of the bottle, he has the following ‘advice’ next to a graph of rising skin cancer rates.

What does the science say?

Llorente has previously referred to the idea that skin cancer can be caused by exposure to the sun as a fallacy. The American Cancer Society are one of many research organisations that look into melanoma, a type of skin cancer, that directly link the disease to over-exposure to ultraviolet light, contradicting Llorente. The 31-year-old has also voiced his faith in the chemtrail conspiracy theory.