{"id":11317,"date":"2013-01-29T04:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=11317"},"modified":"2013-01-29T13:22:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T18:22:18","slug":"quote-of-the-weakderms-in-denial-on-vitamin-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/quote-of-the-weakderms-in-denial-on-vitamin-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the ‘Weak’<\/i>
Derms In Denial on Vitamin D"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dermatology leaders continue to publicly state that there is no research connecting sunbeds with higher vitamin D levels \u2014 an assertion on par with inexplicable statements made by The Flat Earth Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have found no evidence-based scientific studies demonstrating that indoor tanning increases serum vitamin D levels. Since much of the UV light in tanning booths is in the UVA spectrum and vitamin D is converted in the UVB spectrum I wouldn’t expect it,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> \u2014\u00a0University of Minnesota Clinical Professor of Dermatology Dr. Cindy Firkins Smith in a\u00a0written response<\/a>\u00a0to an Omaha World Herald story on sunbeds.<\/p>\n

Smith is a past president of the Minnesota Dermatology Society and the Mid-Minnesota Medical Society \u2014 positions where she should be aware that that UV component of sunlight is about 95 percent UVA and 5 percent UVB in the summer \u2014 like most sunlamps \u2014 Smith\u2019s public statement makes no sense photobiologically. And several studies have established sunbeds as a vitamin D source:<\/p>\n