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The research on vitamin D's role in health is strong, and always evolving. The importance of getting enough vitamin D (through food, safe sun exposure, and supplementation) cannot be underscored. Maintaining optimal vitamin D levels can help support everything from bone and immune health to healthy aging. It'll be interesting to see what we learn about this vitamin over the next six months.  continue reading

For those patients with vitamin D test results, roughly 30-50% were vitamin D deficient on their initial test. The VA center with the lowest percentage of vitamin D deficiency also had more than 50% lower inpatient costs than the three centers with the highest rates of vitamin D deficiency. Also, patients who received one or more follow-up tests had 50% lower inpatient laboratory and pharmacy costs, as compared to those who only received one test (which gives the patient data required to maintain their optimal vitamin D level). continue reading

You also want a bonus program that focuses on the items/services that you want the staff to sell. Most customers walking into your salon are already going to want to buy some tanning. However, most customers are not planning on buying an EFT membership or lotion, so that’s what I incentivize my staff to sell. continue reading

The more I began to think about the way the energy from light cascades through the body, the more I began to think of us as tai chi masters, channeling that energy into our molecules and bending it into patterns that flow through the body and maintain good health. Then, I suddenly realized that I had the metaphor all wrong. We’re not the tai chi masters. We’re the energy! continue reading

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