Posts Tagged ‘safe tanning bed’

Now here’s a very good reason for you to start enjoying more sunlight and safe tanning. Vitamin D – the production of which in your body is helped synthesized by healthy sunlight exposure – is not only your skin’s best friend, but is also one of the most important allies of your body. It can [...]

Are you a fan of spray tanning? Think again. Even the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given dihydroxyacetone (DHA) – a color additive often used in sunless tanning products – the thumbs down, saying that it is “harmful to humans when applied improperly.” (Link) In the 1970s, the U.S. government approved DHA for bronzers [...]

Fact: many tanning oils contain harsh, potentially harmful chemicals. These are ingredients that seem less at home in a tanning oil than they do in a scientist’s lab or even a gas station, warns natural health expert Dr. Joseph Mercola. You need safe tanning not only to optimize your vitamin D levels in the absence [...]

Contrary to what the naysayers and those making millions off sunscreen campaigns say, sunlight is actually good for you. It causes your skin to produce vitamin D, low levels of which have been shown in research to be a main risk factor for melanoma. Writing in the Daily Mail, Professor Angus Dalgleish says: “Research shows [...]

For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as cancer-causing. Now international cancer experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming both to be definite causes of cancer. According to a new analysis of about 20 studies conducted by Vincent Cogliano and colleagues from the International [...]