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Old 05-28-2007, 01:08 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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There's a nice report about tanning salon clients possibly getting a benefit most american's are missing out on. If you click to watch the video they show (KBL) tanning beds in a positive article for once!

Also if you happen to be near Missouri University they need more tanning salon clients to join their study.

Benefits Of Vitamin D
COLUMBIA - It's a vitamin we often miss when we're looking to stay healthy, but new research says it's more imporant than we once thought.

A flurry of research in the last few years suggests low levels of Vitamin D may be partly to blame for much of the ill health of many Americans.
Mary Heffernan, like many people, probably doesn't get enough Vitamin D each day. She's testing people at MU as part of a study linking Vitamin D and inflammatory markers in the blood, which can effect bone health.
"Initially the recommended Vitamin D level was set on preventing rickets," said Mary Heffernan, graduate assistant.
But new research says Vitamin D goes far beyond better bones.
"Vitamin D has been implicated in the prevention of breast cancer, certain types of auto-immune disease," said Catherine Peterson, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences.
It's also proving effective to ward off the flu, diabetes, heart disease and even some neurological disorders. It seems too simple to be true: the average person only needs about 15 minutes of sunlight a day during the summer, but during winter months and in cooler climates, 1000 I.U.'s of Vitamin D-3 in a pill will do the trick.
Peterson is using those who don't tan and those who regularly tan for her study, since tanners get the light needed for optimal Vitamin D production.
"That's where the tanning salon comes as a benefit," said Beth Mayberry, Tan Rio.
"It's what can be considered normal and who is getting the benefits there. People stuck inside all day or people laying out in the sun?" said Heffernan.
Peterson is still collecting data and needs more tanners to sign up. And Heffernan has nothing to worry about, her bones look strong, and summer's just around the corner.
If you take part in the Vitamin D study, you get a free bone density test as well as a body composition scan, tests which usually cost several hundred dollars.
Reported by: Jeremy Maskel
Edited by: Lindsey Terschluse

Published: Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 5:57 PM
Last Updated: Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 11:06 PM

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Re: Using Tanning Salon Tanners for this study.

She is still looking for tanners to participate if anyone is near Univ of Missouri-Columbia.... I have already shared this story on Facebook as well, it has a great headline with the photo of the tanning bed included.

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Vitamin D is necessary to maintain strong bones but it might also help prevent some health problems and diseases.An MU study compares regular tanners and those who don't tan to investigate whether a link exists between vitamin D and inflamatory markers in the blood.

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COLUMBIA - It's a vitamin we often miss when we're looking to stay healthy, but new research shows vitamin D is more imporant than we once thought.
A flurry of research in the last few years suggests low levels of vitamin D may be partly to blame for much of the ill health of many Americans.
Graduate assistant Mary Heffernan, like many people, probably doesn't get enough vitamin D each day. Along with assistant professor Catherine Peterson of the Department of Nutritional Sciences, she's testing people at MU as part of a study linking vitamin D and inflamatory markers in the blood, which can affect bone health.
"Initially the recommended vitamin D level was set on preventing rickets," Heffernan said.
But new research shows vitamin D goes far beyond better bones.
"Vitamin D has been implicated in the prevention of breast cancer, certain types of auto-immune disease," Peterson said.
It's also proving effective to ward off the flu, diabetes, heart disease and even some neurological disorders. It seems too simple to be true: The average person only needs 10-15 minutes of sunlight a day during the summer to produce the optimum amount of vitamin D. But during winter months and in cooler climates, 1000 IUs of vitamin D3 in a pill will do the trick.
"Who is getting the benefits there? People stuck inside all day or people laying out in the sun?" Heffernan said.
Peterson is using those who don't tan and those who regularly tan for her study, since tanners get the light needed for optimal vitamin D production.
"That's where the tanning salon comes as a benefit," said Beth Mayberry of Tan Rio.
Peterson is still collecting data and needs more tanners to sign up. And Heffernan has nothing to worry about, her bones look strong. And although exposure to sunlight is an easy way to get vitamin D, it is also found naturally in fatty fish like salmon and fish liver oils.
Reported by: Jeremy Maskel
Posted by: Megan Granger

Published: Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Last Updated: Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 4:19 PM

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