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Vitamin D is an essential vitamin that regulates the amount of calcium and phosphate in our bodies. We need vitamin D for healthy bones, muscles, and teeth. Without it, our bones become damaged, weak, brittle, and break more easily. We get most of our vitamin D from sunlight on our skin, but in winter and in the more northerly latitudes, it often isn’t enough. We also ... Continue Reading
With skin cancer awareness on the rise, many people may not realize that their aversion to the sun is actually causing a much greater problem—vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is an essential nutrient that we need for many functions in the body. Without it, we would not survive. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to chronic pain, depression, fatigue, asthma, osteoporosis, ... Continue Reading
Can you believe how quickly this year is flying by? Summer here, and with all the fun un the sand, sea and sun, there’s a very important ingredient essential to the summer mix, and that’s a good, strong sunscreen. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most cases are melanoma—a ... Continue Reading
All right, everybody! Let’s reset how skin and summer relate. Men, don’t sneer at the skin-talk; it’s not just skin-deep. Many optin in for the ready-to-apply lotion/cream/sunscreens (with a high SPF value) but with that also comes a lot of nasty chemicals, many of which are xenoestrogens. They bring in another slew of irregular, annoying chain of events (for men and women ... Continue Reading
A study that correlated exposure to sunlight with cancer risk found that people exposed to more sunlight had a significantly lower risk of many types of cancer (Lin, 2012). This study followed more than 450,000 white, non-Hispanic subjects aged 50-71 years from diverse geographic areas in the US. Researchers correlated the calculated ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure in ... Continue Reading
