Vitamin D is important for maintenance of bone quality, brain health, and immune function, including protection against many cancers. So it is no surprise that thousands of articles have been written promoting it. However, sun exposure has benefits independent of vitamin D. So we have increasingly used it as a multi-purpose part of our longevity strategy.
However, if you live north of the 37th parallel north or south of the 37th parallel south, sun exposure works only during the summer months. So we have been on a quest to find a sunlamp to use during fall and winter months.
The FDA prohibits sunlamp manufacturers from advertising their products in the U.S. for safe vitamin D production. We’re happy to have found Solarc Systems, which manufactures health lamps that have been approved by many regulators, including the FDA, to treat skin conditions.
Solarc offers health lamps that produce Narrowband (NB) Ultraviolet B (UVB) spectrum of wavelengths. The NB UVB lamps emit light within a very small range of wavelengths, known to produce therapeutic benefits. UVB is the same spectrum that produces vitamin D.
We have found the Solarc Health Lamp to be remarkably effective for this purpose. An added benefit is that we would have to work at it to get it to produces sunburn.
It’s affordable too. While some companies want you to spend $4,000 or $5,000 for a sunlamp. Solarc Systems doesn’t use that many digits for its Health Lamp. Furthermore, they offer a 5% discount to members of Livingthecrway.com.
We like that Solarc does not try to work around the FDA. Rather, they require U.S. purchasers to have a healthcare professional’s prescription to purchase a lamp from them. That’s right in line with the CR Way suggestion of a thorough examination by a dermatologist before starting to use a lamp and yearly thereafter.
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