When pulling out one of my old Nursing Text books from about 20 years ago, there is not even a listing on vitamin D. A is there, so is C and lets not forget E. But no D.
Well, the frontiers of knowledge are exploding on vitamin D. In addition to helping your body boost glutathione (which helps prevent cancer) it has a dark side that most do not know about.
If you like to suntan, pay attention. You will love this. Vitamin D helps you tan faster.
But be careful. You can overdose on it and especially the synthetic kind. The second best source for vitamin D would be fish oils. Taking supplements could actually help prevent skin cancer during the tanning months and help you to tan faster.
Good health to you.
Tags: Glutathione, health benefits of vitamin D, sun tan faster, vitamin d
To the point and an excellent article.
Great article… not many people are aware of just how important Vitamin D is… finally some good news for tanners
I googled this, as it has been several years since I studied this. I have been tanning super easily this year without trying (I was told I look dark already on May 1!). I dismissed it until today, when I noticed my warm brown tan; I haven’t even been out enough to wear sunscreen yet (besides 45 min mowing lawn – twice).
I’m fair skinned, and normally bathe in SPF 30, and still get pink until I get a decent base in June/July – then I can drop back to 15 for short periods. It occurred to me today that maybe it had to be the Vit D [or I have liver disease, hehe
]; and voila, here you are! I have been on 10,000 iu of compounded Vit D since last winter. I believe this is true with every bone in my body. What a perk!