The vitamin d solution.
Sunlight lamp therapy vitamin d.
Please keep in mind that these lamps do not affect your vitamin d levels.
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When your skin is exposed to sunlight it makes vitamin d from cholesterol.
Many people run low on vitamin d because of limited sun exposure in the winter especially if they live in northern latitudes and because few foods contain vitamin d.
Light therapy is also recommended by the mayo clinic for treatment of sad and for other conditions.
The major source of vitamin d is exposure to natural sunlight.
The light box is a stronger equipment which produces light of up to 10 000 lux mimicking the results as that of the sun.
There s good reason why vitamin d is called the sunshine vitamin.
Yet this isn t possible for people who aren t able to get out into natural sunshine regularly.
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Other general names that are used interchangeably include sun lamp or light therapy box which is where it can get confusing because there are at least three separate types of sun lamps and light therapy boxes and they all do different things.
Some people live in locations where the sun may not appear for months at a time.
They are all uv free.
The bulb emits light just to get rid of the darkness while the light box emits light to treat sleep disorders to help with depression and it also increases the vitamin d levels.
He recommends the use of light therapy lamps in the chapter on sad in his book.
People should be careful when using sun lamps.
Using sun lamps which work by imitating the sun may help some people living with sad vitamin d deficiency or sleep issues.
Dr michael holick is the world s leading vitamin d researcher.
Sad light treatment vs vitamin d supplements.
In other words these light therapy lamps aren t going to give you a tan.
The light therapy industry both from a manufacturer and a mental health practitioner perspective focuses on therapy designed to alleviate the symptoms of a disrupted circadian rhythm rather than the conversion of uvb radiation to vitamin d.