Visual Impact is not permitted to make any therapeutic claims about tanning in our beds. No tests have ever been done specifically on the UV-tanning equipment at Visual Impact. But there is a growing body of medical studies about the benefits to moderate sun exposure.

Some places to review this evidence is on the following web sites:

• www.grassrootshealth.net
• www.vitaminDcouncil.com
• www.wearesunshine.com
• www.sunlightinstitute.org
• www.tanningtruth.com
• www.smarttan.com

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Below are some quotes by various medical professionals about Vitamin D and UV-tanning:

Some of the possible benefits of having a Vitamin D3 level in excess of 40 to 60ng/ml, as quoted on www.VitaminDcouncil.com by doctors and other health care providers.

1. It has been clearly established that the only way for your body to synthesize vitamin D is in your skin once it's exposed to ultraviolet rays from the sun. Hence, the current guidelines to avoid sun exposure, and the fervent pushing of sunscreen, are perhaps some of the most misguided and dangerous health recommendations out there. Leif Grunseth, certified neuromuscular therapist.
2. Humans make thousands of units of vitamin D within minutes of whole body exposure to sunlight. From what we know of nature, it is unlikely such a system evolved by chance. Dr. John Cannell, Executive Director, Vitamin D Council.
3. I would recommend that every patient, every person in America get their vitamin D checked, because so many people are low and the ramifications of having low vitamin D are so severe. Dr. Richard Honaker, family practice physician.
4. Because vitamin D is so cheap and so clearly reduces all-cause mortality, I can say this with great certainty: Vitamin D represents the single most cost-effective medical intervention in the United States. Dr. Greg Plotnikoff, Medical Director, Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
5. I believe [vitamin D] is the number one public health advance in medicine in the last twenty years. Dr. John Whitcomb, Aurora Sinai Medical Center.
6. I do think vitamin D is one of the most promising nutrients for prevention of cardiac disease and cancer, and I believe in it strongly. JoAnn Manson, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
7. Sunlight is more powerful than any drug; it is safe, effective, and available free of charge. If it could be patented, it would be hyped as the greatest medical breakthrough in history. It's that good. Mike Adams, natural health researcher and author.
8. This is like the Holy Grail of cancer medicine; vitamin D produced a drop in cancer rates greater than that for quitting smoking, or indeed any other countermeasure in existence. Dennis Mangan, clinical laboratory scientist.
9. No other method to prevent cancer has been identified that has such a powerful impact. Dr. Cedric Garland, Vitamin D expert.
10. I would challenge anyone to find an area or nutrient or any factor that has such consistent anti-cancer benefits as vitamin D. The data are really quite remarkable. Dr. Edward Giovannucci, Vitamin D expert.
11. In all my many years of practice of medicine, I've never seen one vitamin, even vitamin C, have such profound effects on human health. Dr. Soram Khalsa, board-certified internist and medical director for the East-West Medical Research Institute.
12. We estimate that vitamin D deficiency is the most common medical condition in the world. Dr. Michael F. Holick, Vitamin D expert.
13. Vitamin D is perhaps the single most powerful nutrient in the known universe for preventing influenza. Mike Adams, natural health researcher and author.
14. Vitamin D deficiency is an unrecognized, emerging cardiovascular risk factor, which should be screened for and treated. Vitamin D is easy to assess, and supplementation is simple, safe, and inexpensive. James H. O'Keefe MD, cardiologist and Director of Preventive Cardiology, Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.
15. Our most important hormones depend upon adequate reserves of cholesterol for their production and nowhere is this more important than as the precursor substance for the synthesis of Vitamin D, known also as calcitriol. Researchers in this field are sufficiently concerned from the results of their studies to pronounce that we are in the midst of an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency of immense proportion. Duane Graveline MD MPH, former NASA Astronaut, former USAF flight surgeon, and retired family doctor.

Your Vitamin D3 Serum Blood Level and Visual Impact’s Guarantee . . .

Important Note: Visual Impact is not making any therapeutic claims about tanning in our beds; we are not allowed to do so and the intent of this guarantee is not meant to do so. I am simply making a monetary guarantee that unless your Vitamin D3 blood serum level is not above a specified level at the end of the guarantee period, and you have followed all the steps outlined below, I will refund your monthly membership fee, less taxes paid, at the end of the period.

Your Responsibilities:

1. You purchase a VIP Membership (either a 6-month prepaid, or an EFT Membership and keep it active during the 6-month guarantee period).
2. You get a 25(OH) D3 Blood Serum test completed and bring a copy of the results in to Visual Impact to initiate the beginning of the test period. Vitamin D3 test may be performed by
   1. Your own medical provider, costs may vary significantly
   2. ADIO Chiropractic in Des Moines, 2925 Ingersoll Avenue # 2, Des Moines, IA 50312-4052, Phone: (515) 255-3021, cost is about $80 (prices subject to change) or
   3. On-Line at www.grassrootshealth.net, cost is about $65 (prices subject to change)
3. Once started, you tan at any Visual Impact salons, on average, three times per week in our Level 1, 2, or 3 beds or standups, (excludes our Level 4 laydown high-pressure bed), for a period of six months. You cannot miss more than 15-consecutive days of tanning at Visual Impact, and you can only miss 15-consecutive days one time during the six month period.
4. You repeat step 2 above at the end of the six-month period and share your test results with Visual Impact.

Visual Impact Guarantee:

• When you provide the results of your 25(OH) D3 Blood Serum Level, Visual Impact will give you $26 worth of upgrade tans to help offset some of the cost of the test. For now, we are committed to do this once every six months, which is our recommendation on the frequency of this test.
• If your 25(OH) D3 Blood Serum Level is not over 45ng/ml, Visual Impact will refund all six months of your monthly membership fess, less taxes paid, if paid through EFT, or the price you paid for the 6-Month Prepaid VIP Membership, less taxes paid.

All Visual Impact is guaranteeing is that we will refund the money spent for your tanning membership if your Vitamin D3 is not at least >45ng/ml. Again, Visual Impact is not making any therapeutic claims about the health benefits of indoor tanning. However, many researchers have documented the numerous benefits of higher Vitamin D3 levels and you can find additional information at the web sites noted above.