Solariums have positive health effects

New research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States shows that lack of vitamin D increase the risk of dying prematurely by 26%. The sun is our primary source of vitamin D. Americans are now supported by the Swedish researchers.
 
- We have long referred to the volumes of scientific studies that show the sun is beneficial, "says Roland Laurent, CEO of Ultra Tan AB. This is further confirmation of that.
 
A Swedish example of the "sun advice" that causes us increasingly into question is the doctor and researcher Mats Humble. He warns for the lack of sun and recommends solariums during the winter. This is perceived as controversial, at least in Sweden. 

Is reduced tanning a good public health?
In Sweden, it is more or less an accepted "truth" that the less you tan outdoor or in a solarium, the better it is. And many have invested much prestige in the fight against the sun. But is it really true that reduced tanning is a good public health? 
 
International research points after several years in the opposite direction. Already in 2005, saw the leading U.S. cancer researchers (see below) that the sun advice we get may risk doing more harm than good. The last example is a study conducted by Michal Melamed, an assistant professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. The study of over 13 000 participants, funded by the U.S. National Health Institute. 

26% increased death risk for vitamin D deficiency 
Melamed examined 1 806 deaths, and found that people who were short of vitamin D had 26 percent higher risk of dying prematurely compared with those who had the most vitamin D in the blood. We get 75% of our vitamin D from the sun. Then dairy products and fat fish. In Sweden, however, the sun gives hardly any vitamin D from November to March. 
 
Support from the Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg
Dan Mellström, Professor of Geriatrics at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg commenting study in DN:
 
- It is a very good and well done study and will certainly be of great importance. We have done a similar study in Sweden, which will be presented in September, and received the same results.

Leading scientists: solariums have positive health effects.
One of Norway's most respected cancer researchers, Professor Johan Moan at Radium Hospitalet and Physical Department at the University of Oslo said on Cancer Congress oncology Forum in Oslo (22/11):
 
- We Scandinavians can usefully treat us 10 minutes sun bed per week. It is good for the body, and prevents both cancer and other diseases.
 
That solariums would not have a positive effect on health, Professor Moan dismisses as a pure myth. 

Swedish doctor: "Go south or tan in a solarium”.
In Sweden, the physician and psychiatrist Mats Humble tell that the short summer months do not offer enough sun. Consequences including increased risk of autism, particularly dark-skinned those need more sun to meet the body's need for vitamin D. For example, call the Somalis autism for "Swedish disease".
 
Mats Humble advise us to sunbathe when the chance is, eating oily fish and travel to more southern latitudes or tan in a solarium to not suffer from vitamin D deficiency. 

"Government officials spend too much time to scare people away from the sun." 
Professor Edward Giovannucci, leading American cancer researchers, said in 2005 at the American Cancer Association's annual conference in Anaheim, California:
 
- Vitamin D may prevent 30 deaths for each death caused by skin cancer. Professor Giovannucci also believes that "government officials spend too much time to scare Americans away from the sun."
 
The same can be said about the Swedish sun advice.
 
- The difference is that abroad does impressions of all research, not only confirming one's own perceptions. As a direct result of recent research, the example ACS (American Cancer Society) amended its sun advice and recommends more sun, "says Roland Laurent, CEO of Ultra Tan AB.
 
- I dare to argue - with the support of all the research we have access to - that our products are health-making, and I challenge who ever want to try to prove the contrary, concludes Roland. 

Therefore, it is useful to tan in the solarium
To tan in the solarium is a great way to get vitamin D mainly during the dark season. There is a misconception that the UV light coming from solariums that not gives vitamin D. 
 
- This idea is a relic of the halogen lamps used for more than 30 years ago, they emit only UVA light.
 
- Modern solariums emit UV light that gives D-vitamin. In recent years, it has even arrived specific vitamin D tubes. 

How do rays of the sun create vitamin D 
The main source of vitamin D is UV light. There are two types of UV-light:
 
- UV-B which means that we get red and pigmentation of the skin starts. It is also UV-B that makes vitamin D formed in the skin.
 
- UV-A darkens the formed pigment, and we become brown.
 
The vitamin D we get from UV light accounts for the vast majority of the body's vitamin D needs - about 75%. A small portion comes from the food as fatty fish and dairy products (which are often vitamin D fortified).
 
Vitamin D is made up of various components, the researchers are not entirely clear whether the vitamin D we get from vitamin D-enriched food is as effective as that from UV light.

Be careful with the sun - and sunscreen cream! 
Of course, it is important to customize the tanning to your own skin type and that you do not burn yourself. You should be careful to use the most common sunscreen cream which only removes UV-B light. You will not get any vitamin D but you can stay in the sun for a long time without being burned, which means that you get very unnatural UV-A light. 

Less likely to get burned in the solarium
The ultraviolet light in the solarium is broadly similar to the sun. However, the solarium has a slightly lower UV-B content than the sun which means that you will not get burned easy. In contrast to the sun, which gives different UV light depending on season and weather, you always get diverse UV-light in the solarium.