Sunbathing Cuts Breast Cancer Risk in Half

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Muaaz — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:16:44 GMT

I thing the situation suggested in this article is for the Europian countries and canada where normally the season is cold. In Asia the situation is different the extra sunburn can cause skin pigmentation problems like vitiligo etc as http:dermatint.com/ suggest the UV of sunlight can demage melanocytes cell which provide melanin (coloring substance)

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tanguy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:15:34 GMT

Great article! I'll be right upfront, I am a Tanning Professional.

One thing I'd like to clarify is tanning beds that have broadband UVA/UVB lamps( florescent tube type low pressure lamps) WILL increase Vitamin d3 levels just like the sun.

UVB is UVB ( approx wavelenghts 280-320 nanometers) no matter the source.

Tanning Beds with high pressure lamps, only output UVA and have very little if any at all UVB and therefore do not increase vitamin d3 levels as far as I understand it. UVB has taken a bad rap as the "burning rays". The key is to be sensible and MODERATE when using a tanning bed. Follow the recommendations listed on each and every tanning bed according to your skin type. If you don't know your skin type, ask a trained Tanning Professional.

Supplements can work good, but too much can be a bad thing as well. Vitamin d supplements can overload your blood with calcium if taken in too large amounts, and that cannot happen when getting your vitamin d3 from UVB. Please set me straight if I am mistaken.

I love your statement in the first 2 paragraphs of your original comments on the article. This is the stuff many people need to hear and it is going to take a long time to change peoples perceptions on this subject. I think everyone will soon see more in the headlines confirming exactly what you are saying.

I have spent much time researching this subject and have read many, many, many studies. Probably more than most doctors, whom, by the way, In as study I just read, only get between 4-8 hours of training about light therapy during their 3 years of internship. Ask a Doctor their views on tanning and most will condemn it passionately, though they base it on what they learned 30 yrs ago. Like using the blanket statement "Tanning will give you cancer, dont do it".

Thanks for making more and more people understand that the sun is needed for all things to live, survive and thrive and should not be avoided to the degree that some would have you believe!

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Sally 1 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:46:48 GMT

Question on the tanning beds. I love the sun. Always have. Always will. When ever I am not feeing the greatest lying in the warm sun is better than staying on the couch! I don't seem to be able to get out as much as I want so I go to a tanning bed. I can't explain it, it just makes me feel good. How do I know if I am getting any "D" benefits from the beds? When wil you have more info on the bed you briefly spoke of in the article?

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dani_203 — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:26:02 GMT

so why is it that Meditteranean peoples, who traditionally wear long, skin covering garments, do not have a high incidence of cancer?

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jan.perry — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:59:22 GMT

I m 62 years old and practically lived in the sun until I was 32 years old. I developed Vitiligo and not only is this a very unsightly disease, you have no protection from the suns rays blistering the skin, and it does it quickly. I have gloves to wear if I have to drive for any length of time.

I miss the sun very much.

I refuse to wear a screen so I have to wrap up from head to toe when I go out for any length of time.

I love to fish, but I have to stay under the Sun Brella of the boat when we go out.

I am stymied. I take calcium with "D" in it, but I worry that this is not enough.

I am afraid to take oil with D because I don't have unlimited funds to get D levels checked as recommended.

The light described in the article would be of great benefit to people like me.

Please, anyone who can tell me more that I can do with this permanent diasbiliby, would be greatly appreciated. Jan.perry@charter.net

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webwitch6 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:41:28 GMT

I lived in AZ for 12 years and ended up with dark pigment on my forehead. This prompted my co workers to freak out and buy me 98 tubes and bottles of sunscreen "to prevent skin cancer." Now, I already had skin cancer on my neck and upper chest, I wanted to scream at them " I am not a moron! I know I live where the sun can burn a grape into a raisin in 3 hours!!" ( I actually got cancer in NY)

I spent as little time in the sun in AZ as possible, I got the dark splotches while driving to various jobs over the 12 years. Now I live in ME, in a dark cave of a house, and I deliberately force myself outside at least once a day for an hour or so to get my daily D. (I am naturally a light skinned mole-person. But health is important to me.)

I got rid of the dark splotches on my forehead! It was a combination of things, fresh lemon slices as part of a beauty routine, eating better and far less stress than when I lived in AZ. Even my "pre-cancerous lesions" (they were moles, doc..) are gone.

I wish people would stop using natural things to scare the masses! Sunshine is good! Playing outside is good! Walking a trail is good! (except in hunting season-that can be bad!) Veggies are good, fruits are good, homemade food is good, knitting sweaters instead of wasting gas going to stores to buy crappy gifts is good. Why cant people get back to simple good things?

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smallfarmgirl — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:41:23 GMT

Our dog is definitely a Mercola fan. How do I know this? He always lies on his back exposing his underbelly to the sun each day. Well, that is when we have sun here in our Pacific NW.

I regularly work in the sun and at 76 have no skin problems. I also sunbathe exposing my body as much as modesty allows in the winter. Along with that, I am a cod liver oil fan, opting for Carlsens. It is a long cry from the cod liver oil of my childhood. Yikes! That was ugly stuff.

The use of full spectrum lightbulbs insures that the correct light waves are entering my eyes when indoors. Here again, I sunbath my eyes regularly outdoors, closed of course.

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datkat — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:03:45 GMT

Thanks for the article on sun exposure. I have thought all along that the sun is a great friend if used properley . I noticed recently that a school in suburban Melbourne are now making hats and sunglasses compulsory in the school!!! i couldn't believe that these kids are not going to be in the sunshine and will probably grow up with an unbelievable decreased immune system. I am sure the world has gone nuts ...

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Musica — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:54:08 GMT

Only today I had bought 3 bottles of 1000 UI vitamin D for myself, my husband and my sons (we live above 45degrees latitude, plus I have MS). The happy coincidence made that I read dr. Mercola's article before I opened the bottles. Again, I'm grateful to dr. Mercola for allowing the discussions and sharing of experience on this site. Very useful information.

It seems to me that supplementing with D3 is very controversial, and there's lots of information regarding this subject. Before I open the vit. D bottles, I have to research more, and get tested for the level of vit. D in the blood. Again, thank you all.

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DimitriX — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:11:54 GMT

I also learned of the suns benefits around 15-20 years ago. In a survey of welsh coal miners many had skin cancers, the interesting thing was, that none of these men had any sun exposure as they worked underground all day. The cancers were later found to be caused by diet and not sunlight.

I have been telling people for years to get a little exposure (not zero exposure) to maintain health!!!

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Light_203 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:58:24 GMT

Thanks Islander. Mercola has in the past seemed so concerned.

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Racer_Rick — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:59:29 GMT

How often would you recommend to test for Vitamin D?

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lisianthus — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:33:55 GMT

Last year I had my Vitamin D levels tested, and they were low. My Dr. recommended tanning beds, so I did, and I never felt better! It was the first winter I went through without having "the winter blues" as I call it. I kept myself tan all summer and will continue using tanning beds all winter long.

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JoMM — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:19:46 GMT

I heard that California has one of the highest rates of skin cancer. Is that true? If it is, why????

I'm very excited to see that vitamin D is way more beneficial than what we thought in the past. We are in trouble in WA state as we get very little sun from October to June!

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Polarbear — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:44:58 GMT

Vitamin D in supplement form can be dangerous as described at

www.drmcdougall.com/.../vd.htm

Yet they add it to milk products and even soy milk.