Can you achieve an optimal vitamin D level with the sun?
...UV light be used to increase vitamin D levels? Indoor tanning could be used to increase vitamin D levels, especially when sunlight is inadequate due to season or cloud cover....
Vitamin D Non-Food Sources
...in cutaneous synthesis. Indoor tanning use, sun exposure, and percent of work performed outdoors were significantly positively associated and body mass index (BMI) was significantly negatively associated with 25(OH)D values...
Announcing Sunshine Month and a Major Change in Sunshine Recommendations!
...not take a vitamin D supplement but regularly use indoor tanning devices have a vitamin D level of 40 ng/ml (100 nmol/L) or higher. GrassrootsHealth used data such as this,...
Finding the right dose of vitamin D
...indoor tanning, and diet (e.g. eggs and meat) have an impact on vitamin D levels. Additionally, factors such as age, gender, smoking, alcohol use, ethnicity, exercise, the presence of some...
Science Speaks: What causes a low vitamin D response?
...D response. 1. UVB exposure If you’re relying more heavily on sun exposure (or indoor tanning) for vitamin D, not exposing enough skin, high sunscreen use, or lack of mid-day...
What if you don’t take vitamin D supplements?
...studies do show that vitamin D levels in the range of 40-60 ng/ml can be achieved with sun exposure or even indoor tanning and sun lamps. However, it takes more...
What Could Cause a Lower Vitamin D Result than Expected?
...most recent test? When relying more heavily on sun exposure and/or indoor tanning for vitamin D, not exposing enough skin, high sunscreen use, or lack of mid-day (10 am –...
Research Shows Lifetime Sunshine Exposure Can Help You Live Longer
...sun exposure. When comparing sunshine and indoor tanning habits to specific health outcomes, including skin cancer incidence and mortality rates, they found that the mortality rate for women who avoided...
Sunlight and Health: by Marc Sorenson, EdD
...in melanoma. Men who work outdoors have about half the risk of melanoma as men who work indoors. Outdoor workers, while receiving 3-9 times the sun exposure as indoor workers,...
How is vitamin D made by the sun different from vitamin D in supplements?
...times longer than that taken orally Vitamin D3 production is initiated in the skin upon exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation from sunshine and indoor lighting options containing UVB....