- Getting a tan is dangerous
- Tanning has caused an epidemic of skin cancer
- Every ray of UV light from a tanning bed increases your risk of contracting melanoma skin cancer
- Tanning beds are 15 times stronger than the sun
- There is no such thing as a responsible tan
- You can get enough Vitamin D through supplements or drinking milk
- Tanning doesn't protect you from getting a burn on vacation
- Indoor tanning is more dangerous than tanning in the sun
You can get enough vitamin D through supplements or drinking milk
Dermatologists, including some secretly funded by the sunscreen industry, claim you can get enough vitamin D by drinking fortified milk or eating fish. The trouble is that you’d have to drink more than 8 cups of milk every day to equal the benefits of just 20 minutes in the sun.
Read more about vitamin D deficiency on the Newsweek website.
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