Think sun tanning or tanning beds are bad for you ? You might want to start re-thinking.  Sun exposure is a very healthy part of human life that is needed for survival of all life on earth. However, chemical sunscreens are not. In fact they actually can cause skin cancer. A new report issued by the consumer protection organization Environmental Working Group (EWG) reveals that many popular sunscreens contain ingredients known to spur the growth and spread of skin cancer cells, which defeats … [Read more...]

Think Tanning Beds Are Bad ? Think Again ...   Tanning bed users in Canada have the highest vitamin D levels of any group, according to peer-reviewed research published in the Journal Public Health in 2010. A recent study published in the Annals of Epidemiology which states, " raising the amount of vitamin D in North Americans would prevent approximately 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000 new cases of colorectal cancer each year, saving over 14 billion per year in Canada … [Read more...]

Positve Tanning Facts You Should Know. Local Oakville tanning salon provides up to date tanning information.  Most times you only hear the possible bad side about tanning. Unfortunately to make headlines or other agendas the actual risks associated with tanning are greatly over exaggerated. Vitamin D experts say that the SUNBLOCK companies and DERMATLOGISTS have done such a good job on marketing  scare people away from the sunshine. In fact people in north america and more specifically … [Read more...]

Benefits of indoor tanning  All Canadians Should All Be Tanning - Except Skin Type 1 I just read an email from the Joint Canadian Tanning Association. The Canadian Dermatology Association has started a national media campaign against indoor tanning. Even though it was proven in court a few years back that indoor tanning beds produce vitamin d in human skin just like the real sun outside. Except with a tanning bed we have control over how much exposure we get. Unlike the sun outside. So … [Read more...]

  Can we get too much Vitamin D ? Only from man made sources - not from the sun!  It seems from everything I can find and read that getting too much Vitamin D is only possible from taking man made vitamin D.  Even the Canadian Cancer Society admits there is an optimal range of Vitamin D for human health.  We know that having too little of the sunshine vitamin is very bad for our heatlh.  Having low Vitamin D puts us at risk for significantly higher risk of stroke, heart disease and … [Read more...]