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How to Starve Cancer Out of Your Body – Avoid These Top 4 Cancer-Feeding Foods

Monday, January 16, 2012
Vitamin D—There’s overwhelming evidence pointing to the fact that vitamin D deficiency plays a crucial role in cancer development. As mentioned earlier, you can decrease your risk of cancer by MORE THAN HALF simply by optimizing your vitamin D levels with sun exposure.… continue reading

To tan, or not to tan?

Monday, January 16, 2012

Local dermatologists say benefits of vitamin D fail to outweigh risks

Files/The Associated Press Dr. Michael Holick of Boston University says that standing outside 15 minutes a day, three times a week, lets the skin produce enough vitamin D most of the year.
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Cancer Society seeks youth tanning ban – Cranbrook BC

Monday, January 16, 2012

Annalee Grant

The Canadian Cancer Society is riding a wave of public support to help pressure the government to ban tanning for youth under the age of 18 in the province. “Our position is that voluntary guidelines are not enough,” said Patti Moore, health promotion co-ordinator for the Canadian Cancer Society Southern Interior Region.
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It’s time to tone down tanning

Thursday, January 12, 2012
 Salon use linked to melanoma
 
By Joanne Chianello, Ottawa Citizen January 12, 2012
It’s about this time of year when the lucky among us heading for the sun and sand of Caribbean resorts start to muse about investing in a “base tan.”
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Fellow Sun Lovers –The Sunlight Institute

Thursday, January 12, 2012
Fellow Sun Lovers — We hear a lot in the news these days about vitamin D, but can it really prevent breast cancer? Research shows that it can! And the best source isn’t food or supplements; it’s sunlight! That’s why it’s called “The Sunshine Vitamin!”… continue reading

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