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Vitamin D

Practical advice on tanning products, sunbeds and running your salon, from the Cyrano team.

sunbeds: saviour of the winter slog? vitamin d in winter
News

Sunbeds – the saviours of the winter slog?

The importance of Vitamin D in winter We all know that vitamin D is essential for us to stay healthy, both mentally and physically. However throughout the winter months, keeping our levels up can be a bit of a challenge. The NHS tells us that we can only create vitamin D from direct sunlight between […]

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Study finds vitamin D improves irritable bowel syndrome

Sufferers of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) put up with abdominal discomfort, diarrhoea and constipation. But what role (if any) does vitamin D play in this chronic condition? Vitamin D research Due to it’s effect on the immune system and inflammation, researchers have began studying vitamin D’s effect on IBS. A case study reported that IBS […]

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Gwyneth Paltrow, Brittle Bone Disease and Vitamin D

Gwyneth Paltrow's Brittle Bone Disease caused by Vitamin D deficiency “We’re human beings and the sun is the sun — how can it be bad for you? I think we should all get sun and fresh air. I don’t think anything that is natural can be bad for you — it’s really good to have […]

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Tanning Tips

The other benefits of UV-exposure

The other benefits of UV-exposure Previously in our blog, we have discussed the benefits of UVB induced vitamin D production, for overall health and wellbeing. However, as outlined in a paper by Johan Moan and Asta Juzeniene, there are other beneficial effects of UV-exposure. You can view the original paper here. Good for your heart ”UV […]

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Salon Guides

Are you vitamin D deficient?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How to you tell if you are vitamin D deficient? Our last blog post – Guide to: Vitamin D – ‘The Sunshine Vitamin’– highlights the importance of vitamin D, the fact that it is a global problem and how you can use indoor tanning to boost your vitamin D levels. What I thought I would […]

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Salon Guides

Guide to: Vitamin D – 'The Sunshine Vitamin'

Guide to: Indoor tanning and Vitamin D The tanning industry has been the subject of relentless scrutiny in the past few years. There is however, no doubt that it is heading in a better direction. With the introduction of the 0.3 legislation and organisations such as The Sunbed Association, we believe the industry has – excuse […]