ABC News - Vitamin D from UV Exposure can decrease cancer by up to 80%

The facts and fiction about Vitamin D, the sun, and tanning. Health Expert Dr. Marc Sorenson interviewed by ABC News.

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[CabanaTans]

@Rafedile People are going to want and get sun exposure for a multitude of reasons, one way or the other. We are just trying to offer it in a controlled and educated environment. Tanning beds were not invented to lure in unsuspecting victims. Tanners were already there. Tanning beds were created to meet the needs of that market and provide some sort of safety and regulations. I can't speak for all salons, but we are extremely responsible and take it very seriously. Not a fan? Mind your own biz!

[CabanaTans]

@Rafedile And you don't seem to understand that at our salons we have refused service to clients who have tried to abuse sun exposure by demanding higher times than what is FDA suggested for their skin type or clients who refuse to spread out their visits and insist on tanning every day, even though we have educated them that for results and safety it is best to get exposure every other or every other 2 days. Who do you think is helping to educate and moderate their exposure outdoors?

[CabanaTans]

@Rafedile And I never said "you" said sunscreen was good. But aside from humans natural function of pigment development to limit UV penetration into deeper tissue portions, what is the social norm to allow someone active lifestyles? Sunscreens. Just pointing out facts. Not accusing. Unlike yourself, who knows nothing about me and our business and the fact that we offer extremely cheap memberships for vitamin D production only. The same that a Dr charges $300+ for one use and often burns patients

[CabanaTans]

@Rafedile Again, you are missing this huge point like you have a blind spot or something. You can't get the recommended amounts of D from foods or pills with out leaving a serious risk for dificiency or toxification. And, you would like to reduce your risk of skin cancer. How are you going to do that if you don't live in a cave?? Avoid the beach or the pool or any friends that enjoy the outdoors? Just gonna stay inside all the time playing video games? How do you plan to be active and not in sun

[Hurley902]

@Rafedile Even though Vitamin D does prevent illnesses??? Summer = more sun= Vitamin D levels up = less illnesses.

[Rafedile]

@CabanaTans

Never said sunscreen was good for you. Way to pull that out of your ass. Vitamin D is good for you. You can get it from the sun, or from other sources. I choose to get myn from other sources, while limiting my sun exposure to lower my risk of skin cancer and premature aging. There is nothing wrong with that, well, I suppose if you own a tanning salon it is, since you know, you would lose money.

[CabanaTans]

I think the term that best fits here is cognitive dissonance. Someone will blindly follow what has been fed to them as information for so long that it is impossible to ever consider another view or thought, even when that information is in direct conflict with what they instinctively know to be true. Such as, the sun gives the earth and it's creatures life. But someone in a labcoat told Rafedile the sun is the enemy and sunscreen was good for them. Same people said tobaco was good in the 50's

[CabanaTans]

@Rafedile first off, it's immunocal and it has no link or does anything like what 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D does, which is disable receptor cells in organ tissue responsible for the onset of cancer. also, if you have milk allergies you should avoid it since it is a dairy by-product and it can cause dehydration. Side-effects for natural D production? None. And let me stop you with the sunburn thing. You cannot produce D effectively if you are also over-exposing. Only moderate exposure does it.

[CabanaTans]

@Rafedile We like to say both, cause both are true. How do you think African Americans get enough D in small grocery store trips? Their skin type is way to dark to allow enough UVB exposure to create D. And what is your advice to someone who wants to take a vacation somewhere tropical? The natural ability to build protection is there, Africa-Americans are proof. So should they avoid the sun to build tolerance just so they can get sevear burns in the tropics?

[CabanaTans]

@Rafedile so a quick search gives us Cal-Poly for engineering, UNC for public school and Bucknell as 5th best in value. Is that the one? Bucknell? LOL No, it looks like you would be a tarhole! Booo! Why don't you go cheat on some exams, I mean get a tudor.