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Dr. Edward Glovannucci, professor of medicine and nutrition at Harvard University,
gave a lecture at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Anaheim, Calif., on April
19, 2005. He was there to accept the AACR-DeWitt S. Goodman Memorial Lectureship award for his significant contribution to
the field of nutrition and cancer prevention.
Known for his work in colon-cancer risk factors, Glovannucci claimed during his
lecture thatvitamin D gained from unprotected exposure to UV light may help prevent 30 cancer deaths for each death from skin
cancer. This was published by a May 22 Associated Press article.
This discovery provides additional benefits of vitamin D.
Dr. Michael Holick discocerd the active form of vitamin D in the 1970's. In May
2004, The UV Advantage, a book written by Dr. Holick and medical writer Mark Jenkins, introduced the science of why UV light
benefits can outweigh its risks in easy to understand language. Nutritional suppements can contain the vitamin but not
at the levels that do any good. Vitamin D is best when produced in the body when the skin is exposed to UV light. Around 15
minutes, a few times a week can give a person 800 to 1000 international units of the vitamin to stay healthy.
"Tan Matters News"
"Good news" about tanning below. (updated 8/01/05
New policy for age of new members. We are changing our policy for the age of our members. The
FDA regulations allow those 14 to 16 years old to tan using indoor tanning equipment. Our new policy will allow those 14 to
16 to join Tan Matters only when they have one legal guardian present at the time of membership. The parent or guardian
must show their photo ID as well as showing a school photo ID and birth certificate proving the child is least
14 years old. The parent of guardian must also be a member of Tan Matters. NO EXCEPTIONS!
We have been hit hard by our members and even non-members about spray-on tanning. We have been checking out spray tanning
for years and they finally have a new type on the market that we feel comes to the standards at Tan Matters. These new Turbo
compressors are low pressure, that means less overspray and an even tan. The spray booths on the market today and in some
locations in the State College area just don't do the job. We have had many phone calls from those using these spray
booths wondering how to get the tan more even? Our spray tan will be applied by a trained technician. This method is
used by actor and actresses as well as models and bodybuilders. We hope to have spray-on tanning at our East College
location up and running soon.
Truth about Tanning is a great web site for information
about the positive effects of the sun. The web site URL is www.tanningtruth.com. You can load up some ammunition
for a shot at those anti-tanning people. The information is great if you feel a little skeptical about tanning.
Our tanning
lamps are checked with a UV meter. When their power drops 15 pecent, new bulbs are installed. The average life
of a tanning lamp at Tan Matters is 700 hours. The industry average is 1000 hours.
 "The New York Times Promotes UV Light"
The nations most respected newspaper
printed two prominent articles in August of 2002 suggesting that the positive effects of sunlight exposure are being overlooked
in the current environment of politically correct tan bashing.
"Some scientists have been exploring
an almost heretical notion; sunlight may actually protect against other cancers," Ingfi Chen wrote in an Aug. 6th feature
story in the New York Times headlined, "Sunlight, A Cancer Protector In The Guise Of A Villan?"
"The idea is not new," Chen continued. "Two epidemiologists
proposed it 22 years ago. Their theory was that Vitamin D, which the skin produces when exposed to sunshine, somehow prevents
the growth of malignant cells."
Chens story is based on the work of Dr. Cedric Garland, Dr.
Frank Garland, and Dr. Gary Schwartz. The Garland brothers in 1980 produced the theory that some forms of cancer were brought
on by inadequate sun exposure and lack of Vitaman D. Schwartz's work since then has shown that at the cellular level, the
Garlands theory makes sense.
The research centers on what is called
Calcitiol - the hormone that is the activated form of Vitamin D. Vitamin D's inactive form is produced naturally when the
skin is exposed to sunlight. That substance is then activated by organs in the body. Schwartz and other researchers have determined
that Calcitriol plays a role in controlling cell growth and that colon, prostrate, and breast cells all are capable of activating
pre-Vitamin D into its active form.
In petri dish experiments, Vitamin D
and Calcitiol have both been successful in inhibiting the growth of cancer cells.
All of this is very fascinating to Times
columnist Howard Markel, who penned an essay Aug. 25th called "How Much Sun Is Too Much?", that questioned the
conventional anti-sun mentality.
"This new advice to get more sun, of
course , flies in the face of a decade-long campaign to prevent skin cancer by encouraging Americans to stay out of the sun,"
Markel wrote. " So what's a beachcomer to do? How much sun is too much or too little? The answer, alas, is that no one really
knows for sure."
"The Positive Effects of the Sun"
-According to a
study conducted at the University of Sydney's Melanoma Clinic in 1982, the people with the lowest risk of skin cancer were
those whose main outdoor activity was sunbathing.
-The same study found that the highest
incidents of skin cancer occurred in those who spent most of their time indoors under fluorescent lighting. A source that is deficient in ultra-violet light.
-The findings in the above study were confermed by Dr. F. Alan Anderson, a physicist with the
food and Drug Administration
at the New York University of Medicine in 1985 who found that over a period of time, fluorescent lights alone emit enough
radiation to cause skin cancer.
-According to Dr. Jacob Liberman, exposure to the sun is necessary to the maintenance of over 100 biological functions.
-In a 1980 study, it was concluded that exposure to sunlight produces the same benefits as exercise: increases in stength,
energy, endurance, tolerance to stress, and the ability of the blood to absorb and carry oxygen; and decreases in resting
heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, blood sugar and lactic acid.
-According to the University of North Carolina, exposure to sunlight is necessary to the production of Solitrol (an important
hormone found within the skin).
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