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| Public health officials are becoming increasingly concerned
about "Vitamin D Winter" -- the period from November
through February in most of North America where sunlight is
too weak to initiate the natural production of "the sunshine
vitamin" in the skin. Because healthy vitamin D levels are now suspected to lower your risk of many forms of cancer, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis and many other disorders, you need to know: • Humans make 90 percent of their vitamin D naturally when skin is exposed to UVB in sunlight. • Sunlight isn't strong enough during "Vitamin D Winter" in most of North America for any vitamin D to be made. • The farther north you live, the longer "Vitamin D Winter" lasts. In parts of Canada, Vitamin D Winter lasts 6 months. • More than half of Americans and up to 97 percent of Canadians will be vitamin D deficient this winter! • According to the Vitamin D Council, everyone needs to have their vitamin D blood level checked - a test called a calcidiol test. • Healthy blood levels of vitamin D are 125 nmol/L (or 50 ng/mL), according to the Vitamin D Council. If you live in a place where you absolutely cannot get UVB from sunlight in a non-burning fashion, you may need to consider taking a vitamin D supplement to prevent vitamin D deficiency. But UVB exposure to the skin is the body's natural, intended and most productive way to make vitamin D. Find out more at these web sites: www.SunshineVitamin.org www.VitaminDsociety.org www.VitaminDcouncil.org Thank you. Mark & Dena Furniss Sunshine Vitamin Alliance Volunteer |
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| The Fundamental Truth
About Tanning Moderate tanning, for individuals who can develop a tan, is the smartest way to maximize the potential benefits of sun exposure while minimizing the potential risks associated with either too much or too little sunlight. This position is founded on the following tenets: |
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The professional indoor tanning industry promotes and teaches what
we refer to as The Golden Rule of Smart Tanning: Don't ever sunburn. 2. The indoor tanning industry has been more effective at teaching sunburn prevention than those who promote complete sun avoidance. Non-tanners sunburn more often than people who tan indoors. 3. An estimated 30 million North Americans patronize indoor tanning facilities at some point during the year. Every year, millions of indoor tanners successfully develop "base tans" before embarking on sunny vacations - tans that, combined with the proper use of sunscreen outdoors, help them prevent sunburn. |
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Public debate on this issue has completely lost the perspective that
there are known physiological and psychological benefits associated
with sunlight, that there are many other potential benefits that need
further research, that the risks are manageable for anyone who has
the ability to develop a tan and that, for many people, the benefits
of sun exposure outweigh the risks associated with overexposure. 5. A tan is the body's natural protection against sunburn. Your skin is designed to tan as a natural body function, and the body is designed to repair sun damage as a natural process. 6. The professional indoor tanning salon industry is part of the solution in the ongoing battle against sunburn and in teaching people how to identify a proper and practical life-long skin care regimen. |
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