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What is vitamin D?
Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that is found
in food and can also be made in your body after exposure to
ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. Sunshine is a significant
source of vitamin D because UV rays from sunlight trigger
vitamin D synthesis in the skin.
News Articles:
New research from around the world clearly
indicates the benefits of Vitamin D from sunshine or its
equivalent in the form of controlled exposure to ultra-violet
rays. Golden Tans has compiled the following list of recently
published articles containing important information about your
health and tanning.
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As renowned professor of medicine Dr. Michael
Holick documents in his book, "The
UV Advantage", brief but regular exposure to sunshine or
its equivalent several times a week can help to defend against
a wide array of debilitating and sometimes deadly diseases.
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From the Island Sun-Times - Tanning's Light Side -
With the temperature rising and clothes slowly shedding, it is
normal to want a healthy-looking tan. In recent years,
researchers have found that tanning in moderation can be
beneficial, as well as help treat certain medical conditions.
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From ABC News - Scientists Say Sunshine May Prevent Cancer
- Scientists are excited about a vitamin again. But unlike
fads that sizzled and fizzled, the evidence this time is
strong and keeps growing. If it bears out, it will challenge
one of medicine's most fundamental beliefs: that people need
to coat themselves with sunscreen whenever they're in the sun.
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From TanningTruth.com - What We Know About The Positive
Effects Of UV Light - Dr. Michael Holick took a big step
forward in 2001 in making the case that sun-induced vitamin D
is critical to human health.
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From Dr. William B. Grant - New Research Speaks In Favor
Of Moderate Sun Exposure - Dr. William B. Grant, PhD, an
internationally known research scientist who recently retired
from NASA’s Langley Research Center, has discovered that
moderate sun exposure, whether natural or artificial, is
necessary to fight numerous forms of internal cancers.
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From Medical News Today - Stop Telling People To Avoid Sun
- Say Cancer Experts - A reversal of official advice on
the dangers of the sun was called for yesterday in what could
lead to one of the biggest revisions of a health warning in
decades.
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From MSNBC News - Are Americans Getting Too Little Sun?
- Tamara Smith visits a tanning parlor when she can’t be
outside in the sun. “I’m always indoors. I don’t go outside,"
says Smith.
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From USA TODAY - New Research May Have Doctors Prescribing
Sunshine! - No one is suggesting that people fry on a
beach. But many scientists believe that "safe sun" - 15
minutes or so a few times a week without sunscreen - is not
only possible but helpful to health...
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Vitamin D myths, facts and statistics - Vitamin D
prevents
osteoporosis, depression, prostate
cancer, breast cancer, and even effects diabetes and
obesity.
Vitamin D is perhaps the single most underrated nutrient
in the world of nutrition...
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Sunshine's role in making vitamin D - Vitamin D is
nicknamed the "sunshine vitamin" because the skin makes it
from ultraviolet rays. Sunscreen blocks its production, but
dermatologists and health agencies have long preached that
such lotions are needed to prevent skin cancer. Now some
scientists are questioning that advice. The reason is that
vitamin D increasingly seems important for preventing and even
treating many types of cancer...
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From Readers Digest
- One vitamin that could save your life.
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From NY TIMES - Sunshine Good Medicine After All (PDF
File)
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