{"id":16608,"date":"2015-06-05T12:52:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T16:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=16608"},"modified":"2015-06-05T12:55:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T16:55:47","slug":"study-links-low-vitamin-d-to-low-testosterone-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/study-links-low-vitamin-d-to-low-testosterone-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Links Low Vitamin D to Low Testosterone Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy middle-aged men with low vitamin D levels also suffer from low testosterone levels, new research presented at the American Urological Association 2014 Annual Meeting found.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-eight percent of data samples from the World Trade Center CHEST program had insufficient vitamin D levels, and that group also had 12 percent lower testosterone levels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This suggests that there is something about testosterone synthesis that needs vitamin D,&#8221;researcher Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD said.<\/p>\n<p>The study also established further resulting correlations between lower vitamin D levels and higher body mass index levels, larger waist size and less favorable lipid profiles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/845483\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read additional coverage of the study from Medscape.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><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\u2019t say in your tanning salon business.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 2015 International Smart Tan Network. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy middle-aged men with low vitamin D levels also suffer from low testosterone levels, new research presented at the American Urological Association 2014 Annual Meeting found. Sixty-eight percent of data samples from the World Trade Center CHEST program had insufficient vitamin D levels, and that group also had 12 percent lower testosterone levels. &#8220;This suggests [&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-16608","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>Study Links Low Vitamin D to Low Testosterone Levels - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Healthy middle-aged men with low vitamin D levels also suffer from low testosterone levels, new research presented at the American Urological Association 2014 Annual Meeting found.  Sixty-eight percent of data samples from the World Trade Center CHEST program had insufficient vitamin D levels, and that group also had 12 percent lower testosterone levels.  &quot;This suggests that there is something about testosterone synthesis that needs vitamin D,&quot;researcher Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD said.  The study also established further resulting correlations between lower vitamin D levels and higher body mass index levels, larger waist size and less favorable lipid profiles.  Click here to read additional coverage of the study from Medscape.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  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. 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Sixty-eight percent of data samples from the World Trade Center CHEST program had insufficient vitamin D levels, and that group also had 12 percent lower testosterone levels.  &quot;This suggests that there is something about testosterone synthesis that needs vitamin D,&quot;researcher Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD said.  The study also established further resulting correlations between lower vitamin D levels and higher body mass index levels, larger waist size and less favorable lipid profiles.  Click here to read additional coverage of the study from Medscape.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  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. 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