Allergymatters UVB For Vitamin D
The UVB lamp to boost your Vitamin D

Have you found that you have difficulties digesting Vitamin D or have you had gastric bypass surgery, inflammatory bowel disease or cystic fibrosis where absorption of Vitamin D is impaired? Do you have inadequate exposure to sunlight or need to improve your Vitamin D status for other reasons? Then the Allergymatters UVB Lamp for Vitamin D is the answer to boosting your Vitamin D levels and dramatically improving your health! The Allergymatters UVB Lamp for Vitamin D emits UVB rays which stimulates the production of Vitamin D, with the same mechanism by which sunshine causes production of the Vitamin, so you can get the benefits of sunshine in the comfort of your own home to treat a wide range of health issues! The use of Allergymatters UVB is a much more efficient way of boosting vitamin D content than through food intake since vitamin D is rarely found in the human diet.
Manufactured to the highest and best standards, Allergymatters UVB comes fully kitted with 4 UVB-311nm bulbs to ensure full coverage and the appropriate light intensity to help trigger the production of Vitamin D. Its separate electronic timer helps ensure that your treatment time is dosed exactly right to optimize therapy results. It is lightweight and portable, so you can have your therapy session comfortably in any part of your home. In addition, Allergymatters UVB is safe and extremely easy to use, and is supplied with goggles and a detailed user manual.

Vitamin D deficiency has already become a largely unrecognised global epidemic. It is often difficult to obtain the vitamin in the diet because very few foods naturally contain it and very few foods are fortified with Vitamin D. In addition, a lack of exposure to the sun and/or a medical/physical condition can cause Vitamin D deficiency.

So who is most at risk?

• The elderly
• People with dark skin
• Those living further away from the equator
• Sunscreen users
• Those who suffer from fat malabsorption (E.g. Crohn's disease, cystic fibrosis, coeliac disease, surgical removal of part of the stomach or intestines).
• Anticonvulsant users
• Chronic Kidney Disease sufferers
• Obese individuals

A lack of Vitamin D can cause a whole host of problems including being a common risk factor in many conditions. Some of the symptoms and conditions can include:

• Bone pain
• Muscle weakness
• High blood pressure
• Osteoporosis
• Depression and Seasonal Affective disorder
• Periodontal Disease
• Cancer
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Type I diabetes
• Multiple sclerosis
• Tuberculosis

Osteoporosis
Can help absorption of Calcium in the intestines, thus maintain proper bone mineral content and density.

Hypertension
Influences rennin-angiotensin system and vascular function.

Cancer
Inhibits proliferation, invasiveness, angiogenesis, and metastatic potential.

Rheumatoid Arthritis
Acts as an immunosuppressant.

Type I diabetes
Controls pancreatic secretion and turnover of insulin.

Multiple sclerosis
Acts as an i mmune-suppressing agent and immune modulator.

Tuberculosis
Can enhance immunity to mycobacteria.

Periodontal disease
Regulates both bone metabolism and inflammation-related gene.

Gastrointestinal abnormalities
People with abnormalities in their GI tract can not absorb vitamin D through the GI. Thus, a UV lamp which can help the formation of vitamin D through skin is their major source of vitamin D.

In general, human s obtain vitamin D through dietary intake and exposure to sunlight. A list of vitamin D content in different sources is shown in Table.1.

Ultraviolet (UV) light is the electromagnetic spectrum, not visible to the human eye. It is measured in nanometres (nm) and has a wavelength lying between 100nm and 400nm. It can be broken down into 3 bands: UVA, UVB and UVC. UVB is a shortwave ultraviolet light (with wavelengths of 290-320nm) that is found naturally in sunlight. The optimum wavelength for the production of vitamin D is between 295 and 300nm. This narrow range is sometimes referred to as D-UV. UVB plays a key role in vitamin D formation. It is absorbed by the epidermal layer where it stimulates the production of Vitamin D.

The Allergymatters UVB for Vitamin D produces UVB, which is absorbed by the epidermal layer of skin, where previtamin D3 is formed from 7-dehydrocholesterol through the interaction with UVB. After a series of physiological transportation and reaction in human body, previtamin D3 is converted into biologically active form 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) in kidney. This is exactly the same mechanism adopted by sunshine mediated vitamin D formation.

• Persons who develop headache, nausea and possibly vomiting and rise of temperature after exposure.
• Drugs of gold, the sulphonamides, insulin, thyroid extract, and quinine should not be used in conjunction with UVB exposure.
• An area which has recently been subjected to doses of X-rays.
• Certain disease: pulmonary tuberculosis, acute eczema or dermatitis.

People who receive UV light treatments are at higher risk of premature aging of the skin, and of developing skin cancer. These risks should be balanced against the benefits of treatment. Patients must also take care to limit or eliminate their exposure to other sources of UV radiation, especially if they are taking a psoralen compound in addition to receiving the UV treatments. We would advise that you consult with your GP before starting any UV light treatment.