Vitamin D daylight better suited as a solarium

Sunlight is better for supplying vitamin D than the solarium

08.02.2012

In order to boost the body's own production of vitamin D, experts recommend that the daily outdoors be. Face and arms can be exposed to natural light. Frequent visits to the solarium, however, are not suitable.

UV radiation in the solarium too strong
Experts of the German Cancer Aid and the Working Group on Dermatological Prevention (ADP) warn against preventive visits to the tanning booth against vitamin D deficiency. The UV radiation in solariums is as intense as at noon on the equator. This will increase the risk of skin cancer enormously. To prevent vitamin D deficiency, outdoor stays are more appropriate. It should be free face and arms Already 15 to 20 minutes daily enough to produce in the skin precursors of vitamin D and to ensure the need for vitamins.

Also in the winter months rich accumulated during the warmer seasons vitamin D supply, explains Eckhard Breitbart of the ADP. He advises older people as well as the sick and those in need of care to have their vitamin D levels checked by a doctor, because with them, the self-synthesis of vitamin D would decrease or even reduce self-care. The family doctor can prescribe appropriate vitamin supplements for a vitamin D deficiency.

Solarium visits increase the risk of skin cancer
Although a new UV protection regulation has been created for sunbeds to protect consumer health, which came into force at the beginning of this year, there is no all-clear. Frequent visits to the solarium increase the risk of skin cancer.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 140,000 people contracted skin cancer in Germany in 2010. 20,000 cases of cancer are the aggressive form of cancer „malignant melanoma“, black skin cancer, in front. Skin cancer can be metastatic and life-threatening. (Ag)

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