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By Sophie Harrison Just as the importance of vitamin D remains uncertain, the effects of deficiency can present themselves insidiously Vitamin D has always been a little mysterious. Every schoolchild knows its alphabetical neighbour, vitamin C: if you don’t eat enough oranges, your gums will bleed and you’ll get scurvy like anyone unlucky enough not to have sailed with Captain Cook.… continue reading

September 25,2012 September marks the start of spring but new research reveals it is also the month when Australians’ vitamin D levels are at their lowest ebb. The University of Sydney study also shows vitamin D deficiency affects more Australians and lasts longer than previously believed.… continue reading

September 25 2012  By Dr. Mercola If you believe all the negative hype on tanning beds that’s going around lately, you’ll run the other way instead of enjoying this easy and pleasurable way to get some vitamin D. But Dr. William Grant of the Vitamin D Council has taken a closer look at the claims that sunbeds can cause melanoma – and an untimely death – and found that the observational studies showing tanning booths are harmful didn’t consider many of the confounding factors for melanoma risk, such as: •Skin type •Solar UV exposure •Type of UV lamp Additionally, he points out that observational studies are not generally accepted by the health or medical community as proof of cause.… continue reading

Sunday, September 23, 2012By: Dr. Marc Sorenson, Sunlight Institute. Should children over the age of six months use sunscreen year-round, even in sunless, cloudy weather? Of course not—but that idea may make $millions for the sunscreen manufacturers. How convenient for the Skin Cancer Foundation to state, “for adequate protection against melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancers and photo-aging, everyone over the age of six months should use sunscreen daily year-round, in any weather.”[1]… continue reading

Tan ban will save our kids Generally speaking, parenting requires little or no government intervention. Why we need to ban tanning for minors Peel Region wants to ban children under 18 from using tanning beds in response to growing concerns that young people who regularly use such equipment are at higher risk of developing skin cancer.… continue reading