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Easy on the SPF: Can too much be dangerous?

Friday, June 12, 2009
You see and hear about it all the time – people preaching about the dangers of ultraviolet rays while lathering on the sunscreen. Neutrogena even upped the anti-sun ante this May with its SPF 100+, outdoing Banana Boat’s next highest SPF 85.… continue reading

Sun protection versus vitamin D deficiency – a dilemma

Thursday, June 11, 2009
Examiner.com USA Sunscreen is necessary to protect yourself from skin cancer, but using sunscreen has one negative effect: it prevents your body from making vitamin D and can lead to vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is not only crucial to protect against bone loss and osteoporosis, but it might also protect against autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile diabetes and multiple sclerosis.… continue reading

Forrest Mims III: UV exposure is good or bad, depending on whom you ask

Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Country Scientist – The sun may be without spots lately, but its ultraviolet rays are still most intense during June and July. I know this well, because each day at solar noon (1:30 p.m. today), I don dark, wraparound sun goggles and carry two cases to the center of the field by the little farm house that serves as my office.… continue reading

Vitamin D Deficiency Causes Multiple Sclerosis in Children

Thursday, June 11, 2009
By David Gutierrez, staff writer (NaturalNews) Children who develop multiple sclerosis have substantially lower levels of vitamin D than children who do not develop the disease, according to a series of studies presented at an international conference on multiple sclerosis in Montreal.… continue reading

Vitamin D Deficiency in Teenager

Thursday, June 11, 2009
A study presented at the American Heart Association’s 49th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, linked low vitamin D levels with several health conditions in teenagers. The research team had looked at data of 3,577 adolescents aged 12 to 19 who were part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) carried out from 2001 to 2004.”the… continue reading

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