The history and benefits of tanning
How tanning relates to sunlight and vitamin D
Human evolution began 1.5 million years ago in Africa. Since then, humans have gone through a long process of evolution.
Over thousands of years, our appearance, thinking and behavior have continually changed. But just as in the distant past, we still need sunlight to survive today, as it gives us vitality and energy.
Estonia lies at northern latitudes, which means that from October to April the Sun does not give us the vitamin D we need. According to a study by the Internal Medicine Clinic of the University of Tartu, 73% of residents have insufficient vitamin D in the winter months, 8% suffer from vitamin D deficiency, and only 3% have an adequate vitamin D level in their blood. The same study found that even in the summer months, only 12% of Estonians have an optimal vitamin D level.
Researchers have found that 80% of Americans are vitamin D deficient. A link has also been found between location and a rise in the incidence of several serious diseases, including several cancers. The further north you go, where there is less sunlight, the more cases of breast, colon and prostate cancer occurred.
Last year, the results of a study conducted by researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute were published. The study followed the health of 27000 women for nearly 20 years. Comparing the different groups showed that women who had chosen to avoid sunlight throughout their lives suffered more from various diseases. Their average life expectancy was shorter than that of the group that had preferred moderate tanning.
Without natural sunlight, you can get the same result with 1 tanning session a week at any d päike tanning salon.
The UV light that comes from the sun or a solarium has another very important property: it gives our body the vitamin D it urgently needs. One of vitamin D’s most important functions is promoting calcium absorption.
Our ancestors spent more time outdoors and the sun was a natural part of their lives, whereas people today often miss out on its healing effect. The optimal vitamin D level is considered to be 50-70 ng/ml in the blood. Do you know your vitamin D level? Ask your GP to measure your vitamin D level.
Many people have noticed that their mood improves and their stress decreases after tanning. The reason is serotonin, the feel-good hormone, whose synthesis is boosted by sunlight. This is especially important in the winter months, when, unfortunately, we get too little natural light.
To stay healthy, it is enough to spend 15-20 minutes a day in the sun with your skin exposed. Without natural sunlight, you can get the same result with 1 tanning session a week at any d päike tanning salon.
Moderate tanning doesn’t just give you a nice glow, it keeps your body healthy.
Too much of anything can have unwanted consequences, which is why it is important to tan wisely, both in natural sunlight and in a tanning salon.
The tanning intensity of d päike is equivalent to natural sunlight. In other words, when you tan in a d päike solarium, you get exactly the same dose of UV radiation as you would standing in the sun at noon at equatorial latitudes. Tanning under d päike differs somewhat from so-called regular solariums. Because the overall UV intensity is lower, a session lasts longer. At the same time, you get the same or a better tanning result than in a regular solarium, because the pigment formation process is the same as when tanning in nature, so the result also lasts longer.
A solarium with the d päike mark guarantees safe tanning. Because its UV radiation is weaker than in a regular solarium, the risk of sunburn, which can lead to skin damage, is significantly lower.
d päike was created for your best, longest-lasting and safest tan!
Source:Turg.Fitness.ee
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