{"id":10766,"date":"2012-11-28T04:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=10766"},"modified":"2012-11-29T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T22:19:54","slug":"sunbeds-best-d-source-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/sunbeds-best-d-source-new-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunbeds Best \u2018D\u2019 Source: New Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A European study published this week showed that three non-burning sunbed sessions weekly was more effective at raising vitamin D blood levels than 1,000 IU of daily vitamin D pills.<\/p>\n<p>Published in the European Society for Photobiology\u2019s journal, Dr. Fran de Gruijl was studying the alleged effect vitamin D has on the prevalence of colds and flu. The study involved 105 young adults (18-30 years old) most of whom were female.<\/p>\n<p>Three non-burning sunbed exposures weekly raised the group\u2019s vitamin D levels from insufficiency to 43.6 ng\/ml. In contrast, 1,000 IU of daily vitamin D supplementation raised levels only to 37.2 ng\/ml.<\/p>\n<p>Vitamin D researchers recommend vitamin D levels between 40-60 ng\/ml. Other independent studies have shown that sunbed users have vitamin D levels 90 percent higher than non-tanners, and that the skin will make up to 20,000 IU of vitamin D in a single non-burning sunbed session.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biomedexperts.com\/Abstract.bme\/23104230\/The_effects_of_a_mid-winter_8-week_course_of_sub-sunburn_sunbed_exposures_on_tanning_vitamin_D_status_and_colds\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>To read the study click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><em>SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims to promote sunbed usage. Indoor tanning businesses are obligated to communicate a fair and balanced message to all clients about your products and services including the potential risks associated with indoor tanning. Contact your Smart Tan representative to find out more about what you can and can&#8217;t say in your tanning salon business.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><em>\u00a9 2012 International Smart Tan Network. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A European study published this week showed that three non-burning sunbed sessions weekly was more effective at raising vitamin D blood levels than 1,000 IU of daily vitamin D pills. Published in the European Society for Photobiology\u2019s journal, Dr. Fran de Gruijl was studying the alleged effect vitamin D has on the prevalence of colds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sunbeds Best \u2018D\u2019 Source: New Study - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A European study published this week showed that three non-burning sunbed sessions weekly was more effective at raising vitamin D blood levels than 1,000 IU of daily vitamin D pills.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/sunbeds-best-d-source-new-study\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sunbeds Best \u2018D\u2019 Source: New Study - 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