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Even if you don't get burned tanning beds pose a risk factor! I am not aware who invented the myth, but I am quite sure it's the tanning bed industry that propagates it: Tanning in what Germans call the "Asi-Toaster" (literal translation "a toaster for nackers") is safe! If we put some faith into the results of a recent study from the Department of Dermatology at the University of Minnesota this is a fatal error. "Toasting" yourselves on a tanning bed increases your risk of developing skin cancer by 287%! Or, if you like that better, it almost quadruples (4x) it! The results Rachel Isaksson Vogel and her colleagues from the University of New Mexico Cancer Center and the Brown University present in their latest paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) will probably be quite shocking for some of you who relied on the ability of the UV-filters in tanning beds to reduce the increase in cancer risk (Vogel. 2014). There ...

Don't worry if you have not heard of Polypodium leucotomos before. After all, that's why you're here! To get your daily dose of SuppVersity news and learn , right? It's starting to get cold and wet outside and aside from my always healthy self, everyone around is getting sick... sounds familiar? Or are you one of those ailing people who always wonder how the others beard the common cold and did not have a single flu in their whole life? I can assure you, it's not just zinc + vitamin C ;-) That said, I honestly don't believe that the supplement today's news is about will get the job done, if you don't have your diet and workout regimen in check, but if it reduces the incidence of infections in high performance athletes by 75% it can hardly be useless when it comes to protecting yourself from the sniffers and nose blowers all around, can it? Dear SuppVersity reader, meet Polypodium leucotomos your immune systems best friend!? Assuming that I...