Member Updates
4th Annual Vitamin D Awareness Month – November – Be part of the Month
Friday, January 25, 2013
Dear JCTA Members,
November is Vitamin D Awareness Month hosted by the Vitamin D Society (VDS). This is the VDS’s 4th year running the event. This year the Vitamin D Society has created a Radio PSA (Public Service Announcement) and has sent it to every radio station in Canada.… continue reading
JCTA Advisory – Warning Signs
Friday, January 25, 2013
Dear Salon Members,
The JCTA and its members have worked hard to become recognized as the responsible and professional leaders of the indoor tanning profession. As part of that commitment to professionalism, we ask that you be proactive in warning your clients about the potential risk of overexposure to UV light.… continue reading
IOM Vitamin D Report: RDA Rates Triple but Canadians Levels Adequate?
Friday, January 25, 2013
JCTA MEMBER ADVISORY
IOM Vitamin D Report: RDA Rates Triple but Canadians Levels Adequate?
A government-commissioned report issued November 30, 2010 by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on vitamin D in North America, contained a number of strange contradictions:
A government-commissioned report issued November 30, 2010 by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on vitamin D in North America, contained a number of strange contradictions:
- The recommended dietary allowances for vitamin D per day tripled for 1 to 50 year olds from 200 IU to 600 IU
- The recommended upper level intake of vitamin D doubled from 2,000 IU to 4,000 IU
- That the majority of Americans and Canadians are receiving adequate amounts of both calcium and vitamin D
- There is emerging evidence that too much of these nutrients may be harmful
Salon Owner Visits Politician
Friday, January 25, 2013
Happy Friday Steve,
I am sure like me you are delighted this week is over. Nothing like IOM announcement to set our blood boiling and fuel the fire, that more and more effort is needed to get the good word out about tanning and vitamin D.… continue reading
New Brunswick Salons
Friday, January 25, 2013
Tanning in New Brunswick
Recently, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released a report that placed tanning beds in its highest cancer risk category, …
www.gnb.ca/0053/tan/index-e.asp… continue reading
Recently, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released a report that placed tanning beds in its highest cancer risk category, …
www.gnb.ca/0053/tan/index-e.asp… continue reading
