Really great read, it must be from a fellow owner...

[dcjjp1]

Just 'D' facts
Vitamin D isn't a supplement or a vitamin. It's a hormone made naturally when your skin is exposed to sunlight. No dietary source for "The Sunshine Vitamin" even comes close to vitamin D levels made naturally from UVB exposure.

What's important is that 77 percent of Americans are vitamin D deficient, according to government data. The vitamin D research community now recommends vitamin D blood levels of 40-60 ng/ml - levels that nature meant for you to get from regular non-burning UV exposure. Any dermatologist who tells you otherwise is ignoring the facts and clings to the irrational sun-phobia that causes vitamin D deficiency.
Indoor tanners' average vitamin D levels are 42-49 ng/ml, according to Boston University research — sufficient levels, and 90 percent higher than the rest of the population. That comes as no surprise; a single tanning session makes more vitamin D than 100 glasses of milk. In contrast, an Australian study reveals that dermatologists at the end of summer, when vitamin D levels should be their highest, are severely vitamin D deficient at 13.8 ng/ml.
So who's in the dark here?
Vitamin D research has proven conclusively that you are designed to interact with sunlight, just as you are designed to breath air, drink water and eat food. It's just a matter of time before dermatology and chemical sunscreen manufacturers are exposed for overstating the risks of UV - falsely suggesting that risks associated with repeated sunburn are also related to regular, non-burning exposure. That convenient omission has skyrocketed chemical sunscreen sales, turning a sunburn-prevention product into a daily over-use product. And that has contributed to vitamin D deficiency.
It's time to expose yourself to something that should be obvious: It's time to let the sun back into your life.
Don Kermath
University alumus

[DB9276]

Link?

[dcjjp1]

Sorry...
Just 'D' facts | The Daily Illini

[DB9276]

Thanks, thought it would be good for the social networks. Nice find.

[JaneT]

Good article

[kwalker]

I believe Don is co owner of 6 salons in Champaign...I have read other articles with his name mentioned regarding healthy tanning.

[eileen]

I posted it on Sunlight Truth earlier and Twitter and my own Facebook. My guess is maybe he is a previous resident under Dr. Holick. Remember he used residents because they were working 24 hr. shifts and unable to get sunlight so he used them for tanning beds to study the Vit D levels.