The
UV Advantage, a new
book by Dr. Michael Holick.
Helping one life at a time.
Dr.
Holick said, “Today we face what is in fact a ‘medically
significant’ epidemic of vitamin D deficient people. Forty
to sixty percent of Americans are seasonally or chronically vitamin
D deficient. Many who practice dermatology and their supporters
in the sunscreen industry have scared the public right out of the
sun, the best way to produce the vitamin D the body needs. These ‘naysayers’ have
ignored the mountain of peerreviewed science that demonstrates
moderate exposure to natural or artificial sunlight has a powerful
beneficial impact on health. Simply put the American
Academy of Dermatology and the sunscreen industry have their heads
buried in the sand,” Holick said. |
