{"id":17323,"date":"2015-11-10T08:46:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T13:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=17323"},"modified":"2015-11-11T14:08:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T19:08:12","slug":"sunshine-vitamin-turns-you-into-superman-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/sunshine-vitamin-turns-you-into-superman-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine Vitamin &#8216;Turns You Into Superman&#8217;: Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new preliminary review suggests\u00a0that getting adequate vitamin D helps individuals exercise more strenuously while also exhibiting reduced signs of physical exertion,\u00a0Details Magazine online reports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In layman&#8217;s terms, vitamin D helps you exercise harder without becoming more tired, or even more simply, vitamin D turns you into Superman,&#8221; Samuel Blackstone writes on Details.com.<\/p>\n<p>Study participants given vitamin D had lower blood pressure and lower levels of the &#8220;stress hormone&#8221; cortisol than those given placebo. More surprisingly, though, after just two weeks of supplementation, participants were able to cycle\u00a030 percent farther\u00a0than they could in the same time prior to the study. And while the participants were able to increase their physical output, they amazingly also showed lower signs of physical exertion.<\/p>\n<p>The theory is that because vitamin D apparently lowers levels of cortisol, which narrows blood vessels and arteries, the sunshine vitamin prevents blood flow from being restricted. The reduced blood pressure levels observed in the study also suggest that vitamin D reduces risk of heart disease, the study says.<\/p>\n<p>Be careful, though. There is one\u00a0pretty shocking potential\u00a0side effect from vitamin D, according to the article: &#8220;&#8230;you start transforming into a suave, handsome, muscular man in a red cape who can fly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.details.com\/story\/vitamin-d-can-turn-you-into-superman-says-science\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the coverage from Details Magazine.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>A new preliminary review suggests\u00a0that getting adequate vitamin D helps individuals exercise more strenuously while also exhibiting reduced signs of physical exertion,\u00a0Details Magazine online reports. &#8220;In layman&#8217;s terms, vitamin D helps you exercise harder without becoming more tired, or even more simply, vitamin D turns you into Superman,&#8221; Samuel Blackstone writes on Details.com. Study participants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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>Sunshine Vitamin &#039;Turns You Into Superman&#039;: Article - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new preliminary review suggests\u00a0that getting adequate vitamin D helps individuals exercise more strenuously while also exhibiting reduced signs of physical exertion,\u00a0Details Magazine online reports.  &quot;In layman&#039;s terms, vitamin D helps you exercise harder without becoming more tired, or even more simply, vitamin D turns you into Superman,&quot; Samuel Blackstone writes on Details.com.  Study participants given vitamin D had lower blood pressure and lower levels of the &quot;stress hormone&quot; cortisol than those given placebo. More surprisingly, though, after just two weeks of supplementation, participants were able to cycle\u00a030 percent farther\u00a0than they could in the same time prior to the study. And while the participants were able to increase their physical output, they amazingly also showed lower signs of physical exertion.  The theory is that because vitamin D apparently lowers levels of cortisol, which narrows blood vessels and arteries, the sunshine vitamin prevents blood flow from being restricted. The reduced blood pressure levels observed in the study also suggest that vitamin D reduces risk of heart disease, the study says.  Be careful, though. There is one\u00a0pretty shocking potential\u00a0side effect from vitamin D, according to the article: &quot;...you start transforming into a suave, handsome, muscular man in a red cape who can fly.&quot;  Click here to read the coverage from Details Magazine.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &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. 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.  \u00a9 2015 International Smart Tan Network. 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Study participants given vitamin D had lower blood pressure and lower levels of the &quot;stress hormone&quot; cortisol than those given placebo. More surprisingly, though, after just two weeks of supplementation, participants were able to cycle\u00a030 percent farther\u00a0than they could in the same time prior to the study. And while the participants were able to increase their physical output, they amazingly also showed lower signs of physical exertion.  The theory is that because vitamin D apparently lowers levels of cortisol, which narrows blood vessels and arteries, the sunshine vitamin prevents blood flow from being restricted. The reduced blood pressure levels observed in the study also suggest that vitamin D reduces risk of heart disease, the study says.  Be careful, though. There is one\u00a0pretty shocking potential\u00a0side effect from vitamin D, according to the article: &quot;...you start transforming into a suave, handsome, muscular man in a red cape who can fly.&quot;  Click here to read the coverage from Details Magazine.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &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. 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.  \u00a9 2015 International Smart Tan Network. 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There is one\u00a0pretty shocking potential\u00a0side effect from vitamin D, according to the article: \"...you start transforming into a suave, handsome, muscular man in a red cape who can fly.\"  Click here to read the coverage from Details Magazine.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &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. 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.  \u00a9 2015 International Smart Tan Network. 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Study participants given vitamin D had lower blood pressure and lower levels of the \"stress hormone\" cortisol than those given placebo. More surprisingly, though, after just two weeks of supplementation, participants were able to cycle\u00a030 percent farther\u00a0than they could in the same time prior to the study. And while the participants were able to increase their physical output, they amazingly also showed lower signs of physical exertion. The theory is that because vitamin D apparently lowers levels of cortisol, which narrows blood vessels and arteries, the sunshine vitamin prevents blood flow from being restricted. The reduced blood pressure levels observed in the study also suggest that vitamin D reduces risk of heart disease, the study says. Be careful, though. There is one\u00a0pretty shocking potential\u00a0side effect from vitamin D, according to the article: \"...you start transforming into a suave, handsome, muscular man in a red cape who can fly.\" Click here to read the coverage from Details Magazine. &nbsp; &nbsp; &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. 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. \u00a9 2015 International Smart Tan Network. 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