NBC Sees the "Light"

Monday night NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw ran a segment on the necessity of vitamin D in maintaining good health. This is a huge step in the right direction for Planet Beach and other indoor tanning salons across the world.

New Orleans, LA (PRWEB) January 24, 2004 --You could hear it all through the halls. It was brought up in meetings and discussed at lunch. No, it wasnt about the surprises that came out of the Iowa caucus. It was constant chatter at Planet Beachs corporate office about the report by Rob Bazzell on NBCs Nightly News. The report on 1/19/04 that focused on the necessity of Vitamin D in maintaining good health with the main source of the vitamin coming from the sun.

The indoor tanning industry has been fighting to educate the public and the media for years about the advantages of UV light. Planet Beach and tanning salons across the nation now have a partner in that fight, Dr. Michael Holick of Boston University. With his new studies highlighting the alarming Vitamin D deficiency rate and his new book The UV Advantage" along with the persistence of the indoor tanning industry, the people are starting to see the light", UV light that is.

Indoor tanning has numerous advantages that are rarely discussed due to health "experts" making people fear the sun rather than educating them on responsible tanning. Advantages such as the instant energy boost felt when the brain produces more of the mood-lifting chemical seratonin on sunny days than on darker days. Then there are the health advantages such as using UV light in the treatment of osteoporosis or UVs relationship with lower risks of internal cancers.

Moderation is key, no matter what the topic. Thats why Planet Beach promotes moderate indoor tanning and teaches sensible UV exposure.

Planet Beach Franchising Corporation is the Earths largest and fastest growing tanning salon franchise. Since opening in 1995 in New Orleans, LA, Planet Beach has gone on to award more than 400 locations and serve over 260,000 clients throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. For more information please log on to www.planetbeach.com.   
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