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Tanning, Vitamin D and You

Vitamin D is an essential vitamin produced naturally in our bodies when exposed to sunlight. It helps the body absorb important vitamins like Calcium. However, during the winter months, when our sunlight exposure is significantly reduced, our Vitamin D levels tend to plummet.

The UV rays your body is exposed to during indoor tanning provide the same Vitamin D boost as the actual sun, but in a safer, more controlled environment.

See what the experts have to say about Tanning & Vitamin D:



Why Did the FDA Implement Tanning Tax?

Sources: Wall Street Journal December 22, 2009
ABC News January 3, 2010

January 19 2010 - —Dermatologists were able to remove the so-called Botax from the Senate's health-care overhaul bill and replace it with a 10 percent tax on tanning services.

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Are Tanning Beds Really as Dangerous as Arsenic and Mustard Gas?

Source: Mercola.com

The latest press release about ultraviolet radiation and tanning beds being deemed "definite causes of cancer" was based on an IARC group meeting, NOT on a new study. As the Indoor Tanning Association stated in its recent press release:

"Media reports comparing indoor tanning to toxins like mustard gas, cigarettes, and arsenic are outrageously overhyped. The same "group 1" category includes red wine, salted fish, and regular sunlight -- so these sensational headlines are as absurd as saying 'A glass of merlot is as deadly as mustard gas.'"

The encouraging part is, the issue of sunlight and vitamin D is becoming a hot topic, and new studies and articles are appearing all the time.

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Why is cosmetic dermatology attacking indoor tanning?

In their own trade journal the American Association of Dermatology admits tanning's connection to skin cancer is unclear.

 

"There is no compelling evidence that suntan parlors have induced a single melanoma."
— Dermatology pioneer Dr. Bernard Ackerman

"We don't have direct experimental evidence."
— AAD spokesman Dr. James Spencer

And yet dermatologists treat cosmetic skin conditions with their own UV tanning equipment. They charge up to $100 a session for what tanning salons provide for $5. So is cosmetic dermatology concerned about public safety, or do they just want their multi-billion dollar business back?

 

Cosmo Lies

Source: Smart Tan News

NOV. 16, 2009 — Cosmopolitan magazine — attempting to convince its readers to stay away from tanning salons — published a list in its December issue of what it claims are five myths about indoor tanning, but in the process lied about the full scope of UV and vitamin D research.

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New book discusses the potential dangers of active ingredients in some personal care products

"A groundbreaking new book, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health and What You Can Do About It, issues a long-overdue wake-up call to the public on the dangers of ingredients in common cosmetics and personal-care products whose safety most people naively take for granted," the book's author, Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, said in a press statement on Wednesday.

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"The Sunshine Vitamin" fights off deadly skin cancer

Another research study now shows that high levels of 'The Sunshine Vitamin' improve survival for those with melanoma skin cancer — adding to the data that suggest melanoma’s correlation with sunshine isn't as straightforward as those in the dermatology community try to convey.

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The Effects of Regular Tanning Bed Use and Increased Vitamin D Status on Serum Markers of Bone Turnover in Healthy Adult Women

Authors: Catherine A. Peterson, Mary E. Heffernan, Kay A. Sisk and Susan M. Ring
Publication Date: 23 Jan 2009
Clinical Medicine:Women's Health 2009:2 1-7

Catherine A. Peterson, Mary E. Heffernan, Kay A. Sisk and Susan M. Ring

Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia Missouri 65211 U.S.A.

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