| Too often we hear all the negative thing | | | | 3. Breast Cancer |
| about tanning beds but what about the indoor | | | | |
| tanning benefits? Great news! Read on to | | | | 4. Prostate Cancer |
| find about some of the benefits you can | | | | |
| enjoy. | | | | 5. Colon Cancer |
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| Most of the studies we hear about are all | | | | 6. Depression |
| negative telling us how bad tanning is for us | | | | |
| and how tanning beds are no safer than a | | | | 7. SAD |
| natural sun tan. Results vary a great deal | | | | |
| depending on who does the study and who the | | | | 8. Osteoporosis |
| control group is. But the message continues | | | | |
| to be the same "Bad!" "Tanning is Bad," | | | | 9. Rheumatoid arthritis, and other forms of |
| "Tanning Beds Are Bad." | | | | arthritis |
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| All stress the high risks of skin cancer and | | | | 10. PMS |
| melanoma from tanning but what is the real | | | | |
| risks? There is no question that there is a | | | | 11. Skin conditions such as psoriasis, |
| risk but how big of a risk remains the | | | | eczema, and acne |
| question. After all life is a risk. | | | | |
| | | | 12. Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes |
| Some people will dye from smoking, high | | | | |
| cholesterol; environmental exposures yet | | | | Many doctors now agree that moderate exposure |
| other people will smoke all their lives, eat | | | | to UV light is good for your health because |
| badly, drink too much and live to a ripe old | | | | it is the only way the body can manufacture |
| age of 100. Genetics is really an important | | | | vitamin D. |
| factor for all of us. | | | | |
| | | | How much vitamin D your body makes actually |
| So us common sense, tan in moderation, don't | | | | depends on your skin tone. Skin rich in |
| let yourself burn, and enjoy the benefits | | | | melanin absorbs UV radiation so the darker |
| that indoor tanning has to offer. Yes there | | | | your skin is the longer the exposure to the |
| are benefits! | | | | sun you will need to get the needed vitamin |
| | | | D. |
| Recent studies have shown several health | | | | |
| benefits to tanning which have resulted in | | | | Dr Michale Holick a professor at the Boston |
| some doctors now recommending tanning rather | | | | University School of Medicine noted brief |
| than warning against it. | | | | exposure to sunshine or indoor tanning can |
| | | | ward of many debilitating and sometimes |
| Indoor tanning beds are an exceptionally good | | | | deadly diseases, including ovary, |
| way to get that tan because the UV rays you | | | | osteoporosis, hypertension, colon cancer, |
| are exposed to can be controlled by the type | | | | diabetes, depression, cancer of the bladder, |
| of lamps the bed has reducing the harmful | | | | breast cancer, prostate and kidney cancer. |
| effects and leaving you to enjoy the | | | | As well as well as non Hodgkin's lymphoma. |
| benefits. So what are those benefits? | | | | |
| | | | The FDA strictly regulates the indoor tanning |
| Most importantly it allows you to get the | | | | industry and it enforces those regulations |
| essential levels of vitamin D that you need. | | | | requiring each bed to provide detailed |
| You need UV exposure in order for the body to | | | | consumer information to avoid overexposures |
| use the vitamin D you get. Vitamin D is | | | | and listing recommended exposure levels. |
| linked with treating and preventing. | | | | |
| | | | Understanding the risks means you'll be able |
| 1. Fibromyalgia | | | | to enjoy the indoor tanning benefits. It's |
| | | | more than skin deep! It's about the overall |
| 2. High Blood Pressure | | | | health benefits. |
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