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We all know that to live a healthy lifestyle we need to get the right balance of vitamins and minerals, but when it comes to Vitamin D, there’s a lot of discussion over howmuch a person needs . . . andmore importantly how to generate it.
Results of a recent study have discovered that 59 percent of subjects had too little vitamin D in their body; leading experts to claim that responsible sunbed use could provide the answer.
However, in recent months, the debate over the use of sunbeds has been brought to the forefront of the news again. This time it comes after the UK government passed a new age restriction on the use of tanning beds and all under- 18s now banned from using sunbeds in England andWales.
Most of us know that the reason the government use behind these new restrictions is that it is thought that tanning, in particular sunbed tanning, can pose a significant cancer risk. This has left the UK society at risk of becoming sun phobic, says Dr Des Fernandes, founder of Environ Skin Care.
Gary Lipman, Chairman of The Sunbed Association, adds: “Over the last decade or so there has been a general acceptance of the anti-tanning mantra ‘there’s no such thing as a healthy tan’ and some of us have succumbed to the constant drip feed of skin cancer scare stories resulting in a decision to shun the sun.”
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In actual fact, research has found that by trying to prevent skin cancer by staying out of the sun, we’re actually not helping our bodies and a lack of vitamin D in the body could lead to whole host of different cancers and illnesses.
“By shielding ourselves fromthe sun we don’t get skin cancer, but we do increase the risk of getting other cancers,” says Dr Des Fernandes.
Lorraine Peretta, head of nutrition at the International Institute ofAnti-Ageing, and brandmanager forAdvanced Nutrition Programme continues: “Of all the nutrients, vitamin D has been the recipient of the greatest scientific interest in recent years. Research has shown that insufficient vitamin D has been linked with almost every degenerative disease including cancer, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory conditions, as well as colds and flu. In the pastmonth, it has come to light that some children are exhibiting the signs of rickets as a result of vitamin D deficiency.”
Gary adds: “A global wave of new research findings has achieved a growing consensus amongstmedical and health authorities that a lack of exposure to regular sunshine or UVB irradiance will increase the risk of developing one ormore of 24 cancers – includingmelanoma – as well as a number of other chronic and potentially fatal diseases such asMultiple Sclerosis (MS),
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