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May 2011: D-Feat Breast Cancer Campaign

Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The D-Feat Breast Cancer Campaign is a salon-based fund-raising initiative designed to empower communities to support and fund research and awareness of one of the most powerful natural preventions for breast cancer – vitamin D. Dollars raised will fund research and awareness of UV-induced vitamin D’s role in breast cancer prevention and will also support research that challenges anti-UV propaganda.… continue reading

Could Your Facebook be Deleted?

Monday, April 4, 2011

Many indoor tanning retailers, eager to get in on the Facebook action, have rushed to build a presence on the site only to realize that the profile they made for their business is actually intended for personal use. This can have some unintended consequences, like making it harder for fans to follow your salon and also having a 5,000 friend limit.

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Understanding Vitamin D – Vitamin D Council

Friday, April 1, 2011
Vitamin D Council statement on FNB vitamin D report Caucasian skin produces approximately 10,000IU vitamin D in response to 20–30 minutes summer sun exposure. This is over 16 times higher than theUS government’s recommendation of 600IU per day!
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At Harvard Forum, experts debate how much vitamin D is enough

Friday, April 1, 2011

How much vitamin D is enough, and what’s the best way to get your daily dose of the so-called sunshine vitamin? It depends who you ask.

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Worldwide Vitamin D Call to Action

Thursday, March 31, 2011

An international consortium of vitamin D experts published a new call to action to address the worldwide vitamin D deficiency in the latest journal of Public Health Nutrition due to their observations that the recent IOM (Institute of Medicine) report was ‘deficient’.

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