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KELOWNA, BC — Canadian indoor tanners will soon know more about the positive effects they’re receiving from the vitamin D generated while they’re tanning. According to a recent Globe and Mail report, U.S. researchers will announce in June the first direct link between cancer prevention and the sunshine vitamin.… continue reading

Study Shows Vitamin D Could Prevent 60 Percent of Cancers A landmark study on vitamin D – a first-ever clinical trial showing the people with healthy vitamin D levels have 60 percent fewer cancers – will be published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition next month.… continue reading

Deficient Thinking Re Your vitamin D fix (May 2) Dermatologist Cheryl Rosen shows exactly how misguided the dermatology industry is about the benefits of vitamin D. The Globe and Mail has reported that US researchers will announce in June the first direct link between cancer prevention and vitamin D based on a four-year clinical trial involving 1,200 women that found those taking vitamin D had about a 60% reduction in cancer incidence.… continue reading

It was disappointing, to say the least, to read the article in The Intelligencer April 22, entitled, tanning not worth the risk, Health Unit says. This article misled and further confused readers about the full body of research on natural UV light exposure.… continue reading

By Steven Gilroy VITAMIN D production is one of the benefits that has long been associated with human exposure to ultraviolet-B (UVB) emitted in sunlight and by an estimated 90 per cent of commercial indoor tanning equipment. While the Canadian indoor tanning industry is primarily a cosmetic service, an undeniable physiological side-effect of this service is that indoor tanning clients manufacture sufficient levels of vitamin D as a result of indoor tanning sessions.… continue reading