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Does more sun exposure make you live longer? Here’s what a UK neuroscientist said
Monday, December 8, 2025
He said: “A few dermatologists are reevaluating the issue of sunlight on the human body. And the leader of that is a character called Richard Weller from Edinburgh. And he is going back over all the data and Richard’s coming out and saying, ‘You know, all-cause mortality is lower in people that get a lot of sunlight. And his argument is that, ‘the only thing you got to avoid is sunburn.’” continue reading
Sunburn Prevention: The Golden Rule of Smart Tanning
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Everything we do as indoor tanning professionals is based upon the underlying premise of sunburn prevention. continue reading
Vitamin D the prescription for the Okanagan’s gray days
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
“Studies have found that people with low vitamin D are at higher risk of many serious diseases such as cardiovascular disease, major cancers such as breast and colorectal, autoimmune diseases such as diabetes and multiple sclerosis and even infections, flus, and colds,” says the Woodstock, Ont.-based Vitamin D Society. continue reading
The Sunshine Hormone’s Second Act: Why Science is Rethinking Vitamin D
Monday, December 1, 2025
he biological ubiquity of Vitamin D receptors (VDR) tells a story that extends far beyond the skeleton. While traditional dogma held that the kidneys were the sole site where Vitamin D was converted into its active form, calcitriol, researchers have now identified the enzymatic machinery required for this activation in tissues ranging from the prostate and breast to the colon and immune cells. continue reading
