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What Can You Say? Clarifying Customer Communications

Thursday, August 29, 2019

What Can You Say? Clarifying Customer Communications

Friday, August 23rd, 2019 SmartTan.com
By Joe Levy Thousands of studies now point to potential benefits of vitamin D and UV exposure. I’ve been following the evolution of this science for 21 years as a big part of my job.
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Vitamin D Plays a Significant Role in Bone Health

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Vitamin D Plays a Significant Role in Bone Health

JCTA Note: New research show you need blood levels of 75 to 100 nmol/L for good bone health, not 50. This would mean you’d need to spend more time in the sun to get to these levels
 
Vitamin D plays a significant role in bone health.
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Sunlight Institute Responses to Sun Articles  8/19/19—8/25/19

Monday, August 26, 2019
Sunlight Institute Responses to Sun Articles  8/19/19—8/25/19   https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/melanoma-and-the-sun.729454
  • In the past four decades sunscreen use has increased by 400%, and melanoma has increased by 400%!
  • 75% of melanomas occur on areas of the body that are seldom or never exposed to sunlight
  • In the U.S.,
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Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer – Can omega-3’s help prevent it?

Friday, August 23, 2019
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer – Can omega-3’s help prevent it?
 
 
Non-melanoma skin cancers have been linked to solar ultraviolet radiation exposure (UVR), which can lead to a decreased immune response in the skin cells called photoimmunosuppression. A healthy immune response is necessary for cancer prevention by causing destruction of the tumor cells and regulating the spread of cancer.
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For Optimal Health, Make Sure You Have a Vitamin D Level of 60 ng/mL

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

For Optimal Health, Make Sure You Have a Vitamin D Level of 60 ng/mL

JCTA NOTE: check out the section on Sunbeds, this was funded by you the members. In Canada vitamin D blood levels are measured in nmol/L to convert 2.5 X ng/ml 

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

 
  • Vitamin D is involved in the biology of all the cells and tissues in your body, including your immune cells.
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