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The UV Advantage: The Medical Breakthrough that Shows How to Harness the Power of the Sun for Your Health
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Average Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Editorial Review: This is the provocative, groundbreaking and potentially bestselling book about the powerful health benefits from the sun. Just as Dr. Atkins was ahead of the curve for years regarding his now-famous diet while mainstream doctors remained skeptical, Dr. Holick has been the leading exponent of formulated sun exposure, going against the grain of the medical establishment. While too much sun can cause wrinkles and raises other health concerns, a LACK of proper sun exposure, our primary source of Vitamin D can cause serious health problems, such as osterporosis, certain cancers, high blood pressure, Type 1 diabetes, multiple schlerosis, and depression.
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0 of 0 found this review helpful:
 UV Light and Vitamin D3 After a Decade of Darkness, 2008-04-03
Holick's book, and his articles helped me find out why, after staying indoors for ten years, due to depression, MY WHOLE SKELEFeeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and UpdatedTON AND ALL MY MUSCLES ACHED. I went to a MD and found out I had NO vitamin D3 in my body, and over 100 tiny fractures. I'm on D3 therapy (50,000 I.U.s a week). I just purchased a UVB lamp. I feel so good, now. I'll be basking in the sun all year long. Thank you Dr. Holick, and keep fighting the good, and right fight. By the way, the writing is clear, tight, plain, and nicely organized. Dr. Holick, you changed my health and life.
14 of 16 found this review helpful:
 ok, 2007-07-27
Lightweight introduction to UV and vitamin D. No slight intended to Dr Holick who has been and is a key researcher on vitamin D and is presenting important health information to the public. But this book is like a friendly conversation between a well-informed doctor who is giving essential information to a lay audience, but he assumes they don't want much detail. If you have read a few web-pages about vitamin D, you may already know everything here - vitamin D RDA is too low, many people are deficient, deficiency is associated with a number of illnesses, sunlight exposure will give you what you need but don't get sunburned, supplements can also help but are inferior to sunlight because you need to determine appropriate dosage. The book has repeated information, padding (sentences along the lines of 'countless poets and songwriters attest to the enjoyment of sunshine'), while some things that could have been described in depth - like vitamin D toxicity from supplements (or potentially from diet I guess) - get short shrift. If you don't know much about vitamin D and want a high-level introduction, it's fine. If you wanted more detail or science, skip it.
6 of 8 found this review helpful:
Everyone should read this book!!, 2007-01-31
This is an easy to read book that has scientific research that convinced me that we all need vitamin D to prevent many of the health problems that are prevelant today. The author writes that vitamin D is best absorbed from natural sunlight and shows how this balances with the problem of too much sun which causes skin cancer. There is alot of skin cancer information in this book also. I highly recommend this book!
12 of 15 found this review helpful:
Works for Me, 2005-08-13
Living in AZ, for many years I have observed that my "attitude" tends to improve after an hour or so by the pool. To discover that the beneficial effects go much deeper than that reinforces my subjective impression. You DO want to Google up the << ABCD Skin Cancer >> Asymmetry, Border, Color, or Diameter would be my cue to investigate a likely-easily-fixed Skin Cancer - the notion that LACK of Vitamin-D can cause stuff to go seriously wrong at the Deeply Invisible internal levels such as bone-metabolism, well, that's more than a matter of "attitude" !
15 of 17 found this review helpful:
Excellent information on Vitamin D, 2005-07-12
The book is well written, easy to understand, & full of pertinent, well documented information on Vitamin D. I have been doing a lot of research on the subject, since I have a Vitamin D deficiency. So far, this is the best resource I have found. I liked it so well that I also sent a copy to a family member who also has a vitamin D deficiency.
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