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