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Aceboogie · 05-08-2008, 01:22 PM

Why everyone is so angry, I am not sure. I was simply wondering if anyone had researched the topic extensively. Based on the responses I am going to assume not at all.

I find that the subject of Vitamin D is far to incunclusive to prepare an argument for either side. I was simply stating that although I have literature to adress the topic, I try to avoid promoting the notion of health benefits till I can guarantee 100% that it benefits my clients. I was encouraging all to do the same. Based on the research I PAID to have done, this was the response I got:

"To follow up on the article I sent to you last week about Vitamin D and the sun, I spent a good part of the weekend and today researching to see if there is any talk of tanning beds providing the same benefits as sunshine.

The overwhelming scientific research & articles say that indoor and outdoor UVR exposure are not equivalent. When reading articles about Vitamin D from Tanning resources, they inevitably talk only about UVR exposure in general, or broadly mention the difference in the types of rays and the overall capacity of beds to emit similar ray ratios to the sun – they don’t mention that while this is possible to do, it is not common practice with today’s beds. The reason that today’s tanning beds aren’t the same as being in natural sun is because they are calibrated to reduce the percent of UVB rays and intensify the percent of UVA rays the lamps emit in order to get a deeper tan and reduce burning (which you already know cuz you’re all SmarTan trained! ;) ).

Why’s that important? Because research is showing that it is likely the UVB rays that are essential to creating Vitamin D in humans so, 15-20min exposure a few times a week to natural sunlight is the overwhelmingly preferred choice in Vitamin D research, with the exception of food intake & supplement use which come second and third in preference. Still all articles stress the importance of responsible sunshine exposure, meaning that burning should be avoided and sunscreen should be worn to prevent over-exposure.

I am continuing to compile articles as a hard copy file, so if you are interested in reading more, please feel free to come by and borrow some reading!"

05-08-2008, 01:22 PM	#28 (permalink)
Aceboogie I'm Banned Join Date: May 8 2008 Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0	Re: Dermatologists fume at tanning industry claims Why everyone is so angry, I am not sure. I was simply wondering if anyone had researched the topic extensively. Based on the responses I am going to assume not at all. I find that the subject of Vitamin D is far to incunclusive to prepare an argument for either side. I was simply stating that although I have literature to adress the topic, I try to avoid promoting the notion of health benefits till I can guarantee 100% that it benefits my clients. I was encouraging all to do the same. Based on the research I PAID to have done, this was the response I got: "To follow up on the article I sent to you last week about Vitamin D and the sun, I spent a good part of the weekend and today researching to see if there is any talk of tanning beds providing the same benefits as sunshine. The overwhelming scientific research & articles say that indoor and outdoor UVR exposure are not equivalent. When reading articles about Vitamin D from Tanning resources, they inevitably talk only about UVR exposure in general, or broadly mention the difference in the types of rays and the overall capacity of beds to emit similar ray ratios to the sun – they don’t mention that while this is possible to do, it is not common practice with today’s beds. The reason that today’s tanning beds aren’t the same as being in natural sun is because they are calibrated to reduce the percent of UVB rays and intensify the percent of UVA rays the lamps emit in order to get a deeper tan and reduce burning (which you already know cuz you’re all SmarTan trained! ;) ). Why’s that important? Because research is showing that it is likely the UVB rays that are essential to creating Vitamin D in humans so, 15-20min exposure a few times a week to natural sunlight is the overwhelmingly preferred choice in Vitamin D research, with the exception of food intake & supplement use which come second and third in preference. Still all articles stress the importance of responsible sunshine exposure, meaning that burning should be avoided and sunscreen should be worn to prevent over-exposure. I am continuing to compile articles as a hard copy file, so if you are interested in reading more, please feel free to come by and borrow some reading!"