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zoomtan · 06-22-2010, 08:26 AM

proffessor elliot was the chair or spokes man for COMARE, the body or group responsable for the publications that britain and europe has based some of its decsissions on sunbeds recently.

I wrote to him on the issues of vitamin d, i guess like most of the medical he does not get it,

can we get some fact together to enlighten him and his group, this is where i need your help,

this is his reply

Thank you for your email.

COMARE produced its report on the health effects and risks arising from the exposure to UV radiation from artificial tanning devices in response to a request for advice from the four UK health departments.

COMARE undertook a comprehensive and balanced review of the available evidence (including Holick’s work – his papers are referenced), which included engaging scientific experts in this work. The committee made a number of conclusions based on the evidence and could not recommend the cosmetic use of sunbeds. One of the conclusions made by the committee was that 'the practice of using sunbeds to synthesise vitamin D is not recommended due to the potential carcinogenicity and the high frequency of acute side-effects....the benefit of sunbed use as a source of vitamin D is outweighed by the risks'. The committee noted that increases in vitamin D reached a plateau after a few sunbed sessions and that not all subjects showed an increase. It was felt that nutritional supplements should be the preferred route for increasing vitamin D levels.The classification of sunbeds as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer has provided further support for these conclusions.

You may be interested in the advice from Cancer Research UK on Vitamin D:
'The amount of time you need in the sun to make enough vitamin D changes from person to person. It also depends on things like skin type, time of day, time of year, and where you are in the world. But the amount of sun needed to make enough vitamin D is always less than the higher amounts that cause tanning or sunburn. These high amounts can increase the risk of skin cancer.
Sensible sun protection shouldn’t prevent you producing enough vitamin D.'
The full report may be downloaded from the committee’s website – www.comare.org.uk.

With kind regards,

Professor Alex Elliott
Prof AT Elliott
Dept of Clinical Physics
Wellcome Surgical Institute
University of Glasgow
Garscube Estate
Glasgow G61 1QH
e: a.elliott@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

Dee2711 · 06-29-2010, 07:19 AM

Did you see who was on COMARE's panel? Two of the group are also leading members of Cancer Research Uk.

Across here, the N.I. Assembly are putting through a Bill based on COMARE's report. They are totally ignoring all other reports.

The Deputy chairperson on the Health committee ( Michelle O'Neill) uses our beds lol !!!!

When we tackled her on this she stated that it wasn't her position, but it was her party's.

And todays' Daily Mail doesn't help!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...diagnosis.html

06-22-2010, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
zoomtan Join Date: Jan 12 2006 Location: england Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	help me reply to this Professor proffessor elliot was the chair or spokes man for COMARE, the body or group responsable for the publications that britain and europe has based some of its decsissions on sunbeds recently. I wrote to him on the issues of vitamin d, i guess like most of the medical he does not get it, can we get some fact together to enlighten him and his group, this is where i need your help, this is his reply Thank you for your email. COMARE produced its report on the health effects and risks arising from the exposure to UV radiation from artificial tanning devices in response to a request for advice from the four UK health departments. COMARE undertook a comprehensive and balanced review of the available evidence (including Holick’s work – his papers are referenced), which included engaging scientific experts in this work. The committee made a number of conclusions based on the evidence and could not recommend the cosmetic use of sunbeds. One of the conclusions made by the committee was that 'the practice of using sunbeds to synthesise vitamin D is not recommended due to the potential carcinogenicity and the high frequency of acute side-effects....the benefit of sunbed use as a source of vitamin D is outweighed by the risks'. The committee noted that increases in vitamin D reached a plateau after a few sunbed sessions and that not all subjects showed an increase. It was felt that nutritional supplements should be the preferred route for increasing vitamin D levels.The classification of sunbeds as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer has provided further support for these conclusions. You may be interested in the advice from Cancer Research UK on Vitamin D: 'The amount of time you need in the sun to make enough vitamin D changes from person to person. It also depends on things like skin type, time of day, time of year, and where you are in the world. But the amount of sun needed to make enough vitamin D is always less than the higher amounts that cause tanning or sunburn. These high amounts can increase the risk of skin cancer. Sensible sun protection shouldn’t prevent you producing enough vitamin D.' The full report may be downloaded from the committee’s website – www.comare.org.uk. With kind regards, Professor Alex Elliott Prof AT Elliott Dept of Clinical Physics Wellcome Surgical Institute University of Glasgow Garscube Estate Glasgow G61 1QH e: a.elliott@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

06-29-2010, 07:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dee2711 Join Date: Oct 16 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 141 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 15	Re: help me reply to this Professor Did you see who was on COMARE's panel? Two of the group are also leading members of Cancer Research Uk. Across here, the N.I. Assembly are putting through a Bill based on COMARE's report. They are totally ignoring all other reports. The Deputy chairperson on the Health committee ( Michelle O'Neill) uses our beds lol !!!! When we tackled her on this she stated that it wasn't her position, but it was her party's. And todays' Daily Mail doesn't help! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...diagnosis.html

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