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Make the Most of a Small Marketing Budget Monday, May 8th, 2023 SmartTan.com Owning a small business usually means you’re operating on a smaller budget when it comes to your marketing and promotion. Unfortunately, some small business owners experiencing a rough patch or low sales tend to cut marketing and promotion to save money.…

American Academy of Dermatology survey shows Generation Z adults are unfamiliar with sunburn and tanning risks JCTA NOTE: if you read between the lines, this is good for the industry, Gen Z is getting it. A tan protects you from a sunburn!!…

Sunlight Institute Responses to Sun Articles 317   https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/experts-higher-spf-isnt-always-204207628.html Please do not promote sunscreens of any kind. Here are some facts you should know about sunscreens and sunburns: First, in the U.S. sun exposure has decreased by 90% since 1935. During that same period, melanoma has increased by 3,000%.…

How to Use Sunshine to Produce Vitamin D Published on May 9, 2023 FacebookTwitterRedditLinkedInEmail   Tips for safely incorporating sunshine exposure into your routine to produce vitamin D Key Points Developing a personalized plan that incorporates sunshine exposure into your regular routine to maximize the benefits and make vitamin D, while being mindful not to burn, can be easily done when considering the following factors If the length of your shadow on the ground is shorter than your height, the sun is high enough in the sky to let UVB rays shine through and reach the ground, and your skin, which is usually mid-day between the hours of 10 am and 2 pm; early morning and early evening, when our shadows are taller than we are, only provide us with UVA sunlight (good for making nitric oxide), not UVB which is necessary for vitamin D production Knowing your skin type is essential for personalizing your sun exposure; darker skin contains more melanin, which acts as a natural sunscreen and decreases the likelihood of burns and skin cancer, however, the more melanin skin contains the longer it takes to produce vitamin D Read more for additional factors, myths about vitamin D & sunshine, and how to tell if you are getting enough vitamin D Exposure to sunshine initiates many reactions within the body that affect our health, the most notable of which is vitamin D production.…

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