Healthier sunscreens

sunbathing

Everything in moderation is a totally appropriate saying when it comes to the sun.  Our skin needs exposure to the sun to make that vital Vitamin D which is essential for healthy bones and teeth,  immune system and cognitive function – pretty important!  Yet we have been receiving a message for years that too much [...]

Sunshine vitamin essential to health

Wendy sun

Despite a very sunny March the fact is that many people in the UK are deficient in Vitamin D at this time of year, because exposure to the sun is the main source (90 per cent) of Vitamin D.  Health experts have been warning about the dangers of deficiency which can include osteoporosis, heart disease and [...]

The sunshine dilemma

For years we have been told that too much sunshine is dangerous and it is, but the sun is also vital to healthy living. Vitamin D is produced in the body when it is exposed to sunlight, and recent research has shown that many Britons are deficient in the vitamin and some chronically. Our Vitamin [...]

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