Member Updates

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

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

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

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

KELOWNA – Members of the Joint Canadian Tanning Association in November recognized the world’s first “Vitamin D Awareness Month” – an event sponsored by Canada’s Vitamin D Society designed to increase awareness of Canada’s vitamin D deficiency crisis. “Canadian indoor tanning facilities have been very successful pointing out that UVB in sunlight and in most tanning units is the body’s natural way to make vitamin D,” JCTA Executive Director Steve Gilroy said.… continue reading