Member Updates
Vitamin D Awareness Month
Friday, January 25, 2013
By Andrew Wilmot
Vitamin D deficiency drains billions of dollars from Canadian healthcare system The Vitamin D society, a Canadian non-profit group organized to increase awareness of the many health conditions strongly linked to vitamin D, has calculated the cost of vitamin D deficiency on the Canadian health care system to be no less than $9 billion dollars annually.… continue reading
Vitamin D Deficiency Drains $9 billion From Canadian Health Care System
Friday, January 25, 2013
KELOWNA, BC – Research this year has left no doubt that vitamin D deficiency – which affects an estimated 97 per cent of Canadians in the winter – is nothing less than a Canadian crisis and a worldwide problem. This is why Canada’s Vitamin D Society is recognizing the month of November as the world’s first Vitamin D Awareness Month.… continue reading
Give the gift of light for Christmas
Friday, January 25, 2013
KELOWNA, BC – As last-minute shoppers scurry to complete their lists there’s one Christmas gift that will give friends and family warmth and some much-needed vitamin D – an indoor tanning session. Canada’s northern latitudes make us among the most vitamin D-deprived people in the world during the dark winter months.… continue reading
Response to Dr. Low’s comments on tanning equipment
Friday, January 25, 2013
Dr. Low, I am the President of the Joint Canadian Tanning Association (JCTA) as well as the President of Fabutan Sun Tan Studios. I am contacting you on behalf of the JCTA regarding your story on Vitamin D and lung cancer.… continue reading
Shedding Light on Free Press Coverage
Friday, January 25, 2013
Ultraviolet light exposure to the skin (UVB, in particular) whether from sunlight or from indoor tanning equipment, is the natural and intended way for humans to make vitamin D. Congratulations to the Free Press for its Jan. 28 story “Research Shows Sunlight Assists in Cancer Battle.”… continue reading
